blesti

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

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /blɛ̀ːsti/

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?

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.

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

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