blesti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blęsti (“talk nonsense, err”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blenstei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blesti/
• Hyphenation: ble‧sti

Verb

blesti impf (Cyrillic spelling блести)

1. (intransitive, archaic) to blather, to talk foolishly [From XVI century.]

   Synonym: blebètati

2. (intransitive, archaic) to blaspheme [From XVI century.]

   Synonym: húliti

3. (intransitive, archaic) to bleat, to baa [From XVI century.]

   Synonym: bléjati

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *blęsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blenstei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛ̀ːsti/

Verb

blésti impf

1. (intransitive) to talk confusedly because of a sickness

   Bolnik blede, da pada v luknjo. ― A patient is talking confusedly that he is falling into a hole.

2. (intransitive, derogatory) to talk^[→SSKJ]
3. (intransitive, reflexive) to hallucinate
4. (intransitive, reflexive, derogatory) to be stupid (see usage notes)

   A se ti blede? ― Are you stupid?

Usage notes

In the third sense, the meaning "to be stupid" only means temporarily, e.g. when someone says something stupid. To denote that one is always stupid, biti neumen is used.

Conjugation

Class I, accentual type IIA (accent is directly before infinitive ending and not directly before present indicative endings), imperfective

Infinitive blésti (-ø-ti)

Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts)		blésti
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial)		blȅst, blēst
Supine		–
l-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	blēdəł, blẹ̄dəł, blȅł	blēdla, blȇla	blēdlo, blélo
dual	blēdla, bléla	blēdli, bléli	blēdli, bléli
plural	blēdli, bléli	blēdle, bléle	blēdla, bléla
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	bledȅn	bledéna	bledéno
dual	bledéna	bledéni	bledéni
plural	bledéni	bledéne	bledéna
š-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	–	–	–
dual	–	–	–
plural	–	–	–
adverbial š-participle		–
True gerund		bledénje
Objectified gerund		–

Present stem blédem (e-m)

Present indicative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	blédem	blédeva, blédema	blédemo
2nd person	blédeš	blédeta, blédesta	blédete, blédeste
3rd person	bléde	blédeta, blédesta	blédejo
Imperative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	blédi	bledȋva, bledȋma	bledȋmo
2nd person	blédi	bledȋta	bledȋte
3rd person	blédi	bledȋta	–
č-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	bledọ̄č	bledọ́ča	bledọ́če
dual	bledọ́ča	bledọ́či	bledọ́či
plural	bledọ́či	bledọ́če	bledọ́ča
adverbial participles
č-participle		bledọ̄č
e-participle		–

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

blesti

1. third-person singular present of blestẹ́ti
2. second-person singular imperative of blestẹ́ti
3. (rare, literary) first-person singular imperative of blestẹ́ti
4. (rare, literary) third-person singular imperative of blestẹ́ti

Further reading

• “blesti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “blesti”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references