rist

See also: Rist

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rist, from Middle Low German rōsten, from Old Saxon *rōstian, from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan.

Noun

rist

1. grate, grille, gridiron

Etymology 2

Verb

rist

1. imperative of riste

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic крьстъ (krĭstŭ).

Noun

rist (genitive risti, partitive risti)

1. cross
2. crossing
3. crossroads
4. clubs (suit of cards)

Declension

Declension of rist (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		rist	ristid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	risti
genitive			ristide
partitive		risti	riste ristisid
illative		risti ristisse	ristidesse ristesse
inessive		ristis	ristides ristes
elative		ristist	ristidest ristest
allative		ristile	ristidele ristele
adessive		ristil	ristidel ristel
ablative		ristilt	ristidelt ristelt
translative		ristiks	ristideks risteks
terminative		ristini	ristideni
essive		ristina	ristidena
abessive		ristita	ristideta
comitative		ristiga	ristidega

Synonyms

• risti (clubs)

References

• Raimo Raag. (2015), A Criterion for Old Age, section “Word stems in modern standard Estonian of Old East Slavic origin”, in Книгамъ бо есть неищетная глубина: Essays in Honour of Irina Lysén.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rist, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪst/
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

rist f (genitive singular ristar, nominative plural ristir)

1. instep
2. grate (e.g. in an oven)
3. grid, grille

Declension

Declension of rist (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rist	ristin	ristir	ristirnar
accusative	rist	ristina	ristir	ristirnar
dative	rist	ristinni	ristum	ristunum
genitive	ristar	ristarinnar	rista	ristanna

Ludian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic крьстъ (krĭstŭ, “cross”). Cognates include Finnish risti.

Noun

rist

1. cross

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rist

1. past participle of rise
2. imperative of riste

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

rist

1. inflection of riste:
   1. past participle
   2. imperative

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• rest (Trøndelag dialect)

Noun

rist f (definite singular rista, indefinite plural rister, definite plural ristene)

1. a grid or a mesh (usually made of metal)

Derived terms

• ferist
• grillrist (“a gridiron”)
• ristlok

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riːst/

Verb

rīst

1. second/third-person singular present indicative of rīsan

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• vrist

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wristuz m.

Noun

rist f (genitive ristar, plural ristr)

1. instep of the foot

Descendants

• Icelandic: rist
• Norn: rist
• Old Swedish: vrist
  • Swedish: vrist
• Danish: vrist

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “rist”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic крьстъ (krĭstŭ, “cross”). Cognates include Finnish risti.

Noun

rist

1. cross

Declension

Inflection of rist (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	rist
genitive sing.	ristan
partitive sing.	ristad
partitive plur.	ristoid
	singular	plural
nominative	rist	ristad
accusative	ristan	ristad
genitive	ristan	ristoiden
partitive	ristad	ristoid
essive-instructive	ristan	ristoin
translative	ristaks	ristoikš
inessive	ristas	ristoiš
elative	ristaspäi	ristoišpäi
illative	ristaha ristha	ristoihe
adessive	ristal	ristoil
ablative	ristalpäi	ristoilpäi
allative	ristale	ristoile
abessive	ristata	ristoita
comitative	ristanke	ristoidenke
prolative	ristadme	ristoidme
approximative I	ristanno	ristoidenno
approximative II	ristannoks	ristoidennoks
egressive	ristannopäi	ristoidennopäi
terminative I	ristahasai risthasai	ristoihesai
terminative II	ristalesai	ristoilesai
terminative III	ristassai	—
additive I	ristahapäi risthapäi	ristoihepäi
additive II	ristalepäi	ristoilepäi