gristi
Serbo-Croatian
/ɡrîsti/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) to bite, gnaw, nibble
- (ambitransitive) to corrode, erode, fret eat away at (gradually wear away by rubbing or chemically)
- (transitive) to annoy, bother, vex, rankle
- (transitive) to snap at, snarl at, rail at (another person due to annoyance)
- (ambitransitive) to snack
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gryzti.
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*gryzti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- грызть Russian
- gryźć Polish
- *gryzti Proto-Slavic
- izgristi Serbo-Croatian
- nagristi Serbo-Croatian
- odgristi Serbo-Croatian
- pregristi Serbo-Croatian
- progristi Serbo-Croatian
- razgristi Serbo-Croatian
- ugristi Serbo-Croatian
- zagristi Serbo-Croatian
- zgristi Serbo-Croatian
- гристи Serbo-Croatian
- гризти Ukrainian
- hrýzť Slovak
- грызці Belarusian
- gristi Slovene