risti

Estonian

Etymology 1

Derived from rist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrisːʲti/

Adverb

risti (not comparable)

1. crosswise
2. perpendicular, at a right angle

Etymology 2

Derived from the genitive of rist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈristi/

Noun

risti (genitive risti, partitive ristit)

1. (card games) clubs

Declension

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈristi/,
• Rhymes: -isti
• Syllabification^(key): ris‧ti

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old East Slavic крьстъ (krĭstŭ, “cross”).

Noun

risti

1. cross (shape)
   1. (Christianity) cross, crucifix

      Synonym: krusifiksi

   2. cross (execution device)

      Synonym: ristinpuu

   3. (typography) dagger (†)
2. (card games) clubs, club
3. (music, informal) sharp (symbol ♯ in notation)

   Synonyms: ylennysmerkki, ylennys (informal), korotusmerkki (rare)

4. (anatomy) Clipping of ristiselkä (“small of the back”, of animals).

Usage notes

risti typically refers to a horizontal cross (+). For the tilted symbol (x), see rasti and its synonyms.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• risteys

See also

Suits in Finnish · maa, väri (layout · text)
hertta	ruutu	pata	risti

Further reading

• “risti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Verb

risti

1. inflection of ristiä:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

References

• Kallio, Petri (2006). On the Earliest Slavic Loanwords in Finnic. In Slavica Helsingiensia 27. Helsinki. →ISBN.

Anagrams

• ritsi

Ingrian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic крьстъ (krĭstŭ), from Proto-Slavic *krьstъ. Cognates include Finnish risti and Estonian rist.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈristi/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈristi/,
• Rhymes: -istʲ, -isti
• Hyphenation: ris‧ti

Noun

risti

1. cross
2. (card games) clubs

Declension

Derived terms

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 480

Karelian

Etymology

Ultimately from Old East Slavic крьстъ (krĭstŭ). Cognates include Finnish risti and Estonian rist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrisʲtʲi/
• Hyphenation: ris‧ti

Noun

risti (genitive rissin, partitive ristie)

1. cross

Declension

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “ris't'i”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “крест”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

Lithuanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to roll, run”), see also ratas (“wheel”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrátʰas (“chariot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

rìsti (third-person present tense rìta, third-person past tense rìto)

1. (transitive) to roll

   akmenį risti - to roll a stone

2. (transitive) to overthrow

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to turn over): ridenti, ritinti
• (to overthrow): versti

Derived terms

Related terms

References