fost

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoʃt]
• Hyphenation: fost
• Rhymes: -oʃt

Etymology 1

fos +‎ -t

Noun

fost

1. accusative singular of fos

Etymology 2

Blend of fos (“liquid excrement”) +‎ poszt (“post”), modeled on English shitpost (from shit +‎ -post).

Noun

fost (plural fostok)

1. (Reddit slang) shitpost (worthless or superficially meaningless post)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fost	fostok
accusative	fostot	fostokat
dative	fostnak	fostoknak
instrumental	fosttal	fostokkal
causal-final	fostért	fostokért
translative	fosttá	fostokká
terminative	fostig	fostokig
essive-formal	fostként	fostokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fostban	fostokban
superessive	foston	fostokon
adessive	fostnál	fostoknál
illative	fostba	fostokba
sublative	fostra	fostokra
allative	fosthoz	fostokhoz
elative	fostból	fostokból
delative	fostról	fostokról
ablative	fosttól	fostoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	fosté	fostoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	fostéi	fostokéi

Possessive forms of fost
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fostom	fostjaim
2nd person sing.	fostod	fostjaid
3rd person sing.	fostja	fostjai
1st person plural	fostunk	fostjaink
2nd person plural	fostotok	fostjaitok
3rd person plural	fostjuk	fostjaik

Maltese

Root
w-s-t
4 terms

Etymology

From f’ +‎ wast (now obsolete), from Arabic فِي وَسْط (fī wasṭ, “in middle [of]”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔst/

Preposition

fost

1. among
   • 2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 6:

     Sadattant, mal-medda tas-snin dan l-antagoniżmu anti-Semitiku baqa’ dejjem jiżdied, anki fost il-Ġermaniżi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Inflected forms of fost
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		fosti		fostna
2nd person		fostok		fostkom
3rd person		fostu	fostha	fosthom

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of fi. Probably formed from fuse, the simple perfect tense, as with *post (pus) from puse for the verb pune.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fost]

Participle

fost (past participle of fi)

1. past participle of fi; been

   Am fost la București.

   I have been to Bucharest.

Adjective

fost m or n (feminine singular fostă, masculine plural foști, feminine and neuter plural foste)

1. (of someone who had a feature, degree, function, name, etc. which they no longer possess) former

Declension

Declension of fost

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	fost		fostă	foști	foste
	definite	fostul		fosta	foștii	fostele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	fost		foste	foști	foste
	definite	fostului		fostei	foștilor	fostilor

Noun

fost m (plural foști, feminine equivalent fostă)

1. ex-boyfriend

Usage notes

When used as a noun, fost is generally used in the definite form fostul.

Declension

Declension of fost

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) fost	fostul	(niște) foști	foștii
genitive/dative	(unui) fost	fostului	(unor) foști	foștilor
vocative	fostule		foștilor

Vilamovian

Proper noun

fost f

1. Lent