Finnish

Noun

rasti

1. X, cross (mark or sign that resembles the letter X)
2. (orienteering) checkpoint
3. bugloss (plant of the genus)

Declension

Synonyms

• (mark): kruksi, vinoristi

Derived terms

• rastia
• rastittaa
• ristiin rastiin

Compounds

Verb

rasti

1. Third-person singular indicative past form of rastia.
2. Indicative present connegative form of rastia.
3. Second-person singular imperative present form of rastia.
4. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of rastia.

Anagrams

• rasit, risat, ritsa, sarit, sitra, trias

Latvian

Participle

rasti

1. nominative plural masculine form of rasts

Lithuanian

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rad-; compare Latvian rast. Can be connected with Proto-Slavic *rodìti ‎(“give birth”); compare the reflexive, rastis ‎(“appear, arise”). Related to rasmė ‎(“yield, harvest”).

There are two conflicting etymologies of this root. The first connects it with Proto-Germanic *rēdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- ‎(“to arrange”); cf. ródyti. The second is a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥-edʰ- < *wer- ‎(“twist, turn”); compare Slovene vȏrdati ‎(“rummage, ransack”) < Proto-Slavic *vъrdati, Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐍄𐍉𐌽 ‎(wratōn, “wander”), Old Norse rata ‎(“find one's way”). In this case the loss of initial *w- is irregular.^[1]

Both etymologies are formally difficult, therefore we may in fact be dealing with a root *Hrodʰ-, unique to Balto-Slavic.^[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɐsʲ.tʲɪ/

Verb

ràsti ‎(third-person present tense rañda, third-person past tense rãdo)

1. find, discover

   Àš vakar̃ neradaũ kẽlio pàs jùs. - I couldn't find the way to your place yesterday.

2. (about feelings, etc.) acquire, get

   Màno miñtys nerañda ãtilsio. - My thoughts find no rest.

Conjugation

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References

1. ↑ Žanna Varbot (1974) — 'K rekonstrukcii i etimologii nekotoryx praslavjanskix glagolʹnyx osnov i otglagolʹnyx imen' [Towards a reconstruction and etymology of certain Proto-Slavic verbal bases and derivatives] II, Etimologija. Moscow, pages 42–59.
2. ↑ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 437

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *orsti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /râːsti/
• Hyphenation: ra‧sti

Verb

rȃsti impf ‎(Cyrillic spelling ра̑сти)

1. (intransitive) to grow
2. (intransitive) to increase

Conjugation

Derived terms

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *orsti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːsti/
• Hyphenation: rás‧ti

Verb

rásti impf ‎(first-person singular present rástem, past active participle rástel)

1. (intransitive) to grow
2. (intransitive) to increase

Conjugation

The infinitive is -st-ti, and the first of the two conjugations preserves this. However, a rarer variant form also exists in which -sti is instead split up as -s-ti, losing the final -t of the stem.

Derived terms