nesti

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See also: nešti, nēšti, and нести

Asturian

Contraction

nesti

  1. Contraction of en esti (“on this/in this”).

Esperanto

Etymology

From nesto +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -esti
  • Hyphenation: nes‧ti

Verb

nesti (present nestas, past nestis, future nestos, conditional nestus, volitive nestu)

  1. (intransitive) to nest (build a nest)

Conjugation

Conjugation of nesti
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense nestas nestis nestos
active participle nestanta nestantaj nestinta nestintaj nestonta nestontaj
acc. nestantan nestantajn nestintan nestintajn nestontan nestontajn
nominal active participle nestanto nestantoj nestinto nestintoj nestonto nestontoj
acc. nestanton nestantojn nestinton nestintojn nestonton nestontojn
adverbial active participle nestante nestinte nestonte
infinitive nesti imperative nestu conditional nestus

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

nesti n (genitive singular nestis, no plural)

  1. provisions or lunch brought to school, work, on travels etc.; packed lunch
    Mig vantar nesti fyrir skólann. ― I need lunch for school.
    Og fékk drengurinn nesti og nýja skó. ― And the boy received provisions and new shoes.

Declension

declension of nesti
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative nesti nestið
accusative nesti nestið
dative nesti nestinu
genitive nestis nestisins

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nesti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nêsti/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧sti

Verb

nȅsti impf (Cyrillic spelling не̏сти)

  1. (transitive) to lay eggs
    Synonyms: snijȇti, snȇti

Conjugation

Conjugation of nesti
Infinitive: nesti Present verbal adverb: nèsūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: nèsēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present nesem neseš nese nesemo nesete nesu
Future Future I nest ću1
nešću 		nest ćeš1
nešćeš 		nest će1
nešće 		nest ćemo1
nešćemo 		nest ćete1
nešćete 		nest će1
nešće
Future II bȕdēm nesao2 bȕdēš nesao2 bȕdē nesao2 bȕdēmo nesli2 bȕdēte nesli2 bȕdū nesli2
Past Perfect nesao sam2 nesao si2 nesao je2 nesli smo2 nesli ste2 nesli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam nesao2 bȉo si nesao2 bȉo je nesao2 bíli smo nesli2 bíli ste nesli2 bíli su nesli2
Imperfect nesijah nesijaše nesijaše nesijasmo nesijaste nesijahu
Conditional I nesao bih2 nesao bi2 nesao bi2 nesli bismo2 nesli biste2 nesli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih nesao2 bȉo bi nesao2 bȉo bi nesao2 bíli bismo nesli2 bíli biste nesli2 bíli bi nesli2
Imperative — nesi — nesimo nesite —
Active past participle nesao m / nesla f / neslo n nesli m / nesle f / nesla n
Passive past participle nesen m / nesena f / neseno n neseni m / nesene f / nesena n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.

4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Related terms

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nesti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛ̀ːsti/
  • Hyphenation: nes‧ti

Verb

nésti impf

  1. to carry

Inflection

Obstruent + -ti -em (AP b)
infinitive nésti
1st singular nésem
infinitive nésti nȅst, nȇst
supine nȅst, nȇst
verbal noun nesénje
participle converb
present nesọ̄č —
past nesȅn —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular nẹ́səł nésla néslo
dual nésla nésli nésli
plural nésli nésle nésla
present imperative
1st singular nésem —
2nd singular néseš nési
3rd singular nése —
1st dual néseva nesȋva
2nd dual néseta nesȋta
3rd dual néseta —
1st plural nésemo nesȋmo
2nd plural nésete nesȋte
3rd plural nésejo, nesọ́ —

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