Apparently related to trust.
trist (plural trists)
trist (third-person singular simple present trists, present participle tristing, simple past and past participle tristed)
From Old French triste. Compare tryst.
trist (plural trists)
trist (comparative more trist, superlative most trist)
From Proto-Brythonic *trist, from Latin trīstis. Compare Welsh trist, French triste.
trist
Inherited from Old Catalan trist, from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Occitan triste.
trist (feminine trista, masculine plural trists or tristos, feminine plural tristes)
trist
From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.
trist (neuter trist, plural and definite singular attributive triste, comparative tristere, superlative (predicative) tristest, superlative (attributive) tristeste)
Inflection
Inflection of trist | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | trist | tristere | tristest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | trist | tristere | tristest2 |
Plural | triste | tristere | tristest2 |
Definite attributive1 | triste | tristere | tristeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Italian tristo.
trist
Borrowed from French triste. Ultimately from Latin trīstis.
trist (strong nominative masculine singular trister, comparative trister, superlative am tristesten)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist trist | sie ist trist | es ist trist | sie sind trist | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | trister | triste | tristes | triste |
genitive | tristen | trister | tristen | trister | |
dative | tristem | trister | tristem | tristen | |
accusative | tristen | triste | tristes | triste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der triste | die triste | das triste | die tristen |
genitive | des tristen | der tristen | des tristen | der tristen | |
dative | dem tristen | der tristen | dem tristen | den tristen | |
accusative | den tristen | die triste | das triste | die tristen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein trister | eine triste | ein tristes | (keine) tristen |
genitive | eines tristen | einer tristen | eines tristen | (keiner) tristen | |
dative | einem tristen | einer tristen | einem tristen | (keinen) tristen | |
accusative | einen tristen | eine triste | ein tristes | (keine) tristen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist trister | sie ist trister | es ist trister | sie sind trister | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | tristerer | tristere | tristeres | tristere |
genitive | tristeren | tristerer | tristeren | tristerer | |
dative | tristerem | tristerer | tristerem | tristeren | |
accusative | tristeren | tristere | tristeres | tristere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der tristere | die tristere | das tristere | die tristeren |
genitive | des tristeren | der tristeren | des tristeren | der tristeren | |
dative | dem tristeren | der tristeren | dem tristeren | den tristeren | |
accusative | den tristeren | die tristere | das tristere | die tristeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein tristerer | eine tristere | ein tristeres | (keine) tristeren |
genitive | eines tristeren | einer tristeren | eines tristeren | (keiner) tristeren | |
dative | einem tristeren | einer tristeren | einem tristeren | (keinen) tristeren | |
accusative | einen tristeren | eine tristere | ein tristeres | (keine) tristeren |
trist
From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.
trist (neuter singular trist, definite singular and plural triste, comparative tristere, indefinite superlative tristest, definite superlative tristeste)
From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.
trist (neuter singular trist, definite singular and plural triste, comparative tristare, indefinite superlative tristast, definite superlative tristaste)
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.
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trist m (feminine singular trista, masculine plural trists, feminine plural tristas)
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Italian tristo.
trist
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.
trist m or n (feminine singular tristă, masculine plural triști, feminine and neuter plural triste)
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.
trist m (feminine singular trista, masculine plural trists, feminine plural tristas)
trist (Cyrillic spelling трист)
Borrowed from French triste, from Latin tristis.
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trist (comparative tristare, superlative tristast)
Inflection of trist | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | trist | tristare | tristast |
Neuter singular | trist | tristare | tristast |
Plural | trista | tristare | tristast |
Masculine plural3 | triste | tristare | tristast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | triste | tristare | tristaste |
All | trista | tristare | tristaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
From Middle Welsh trist, from Old Welsh trist, from Proto-Brythonic *trist, from Latin trīstis.
trist (feminine singular trist, plural tristion, equative tristed, comparative tristach, superlative tristaf)
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
trist | drist | nhrist | thrist |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |