gníti to rot; to putrify, to decay, to decompose; to moulder; (zob) to become carious; (meso) to go off, to become tainted, to taint; (jajce) to go bad, to become addled, to addle; (voda) to become rank (ali foul), to be polluted; figurativno to be corrupted
gníti v ječi to rot in gaol