pest
English edit
Etymology edit
In the 16th century in the sense of "pestilence" and specifically bubonic plague from Middle French peste (“pestilence”) (whence French peste). The other meanings are recorded soon after. Ultimately from Latin pestis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pest (plural pests)
- (now rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.
- 2020 March 24, Qing Zhu, Zhang Ming, “Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, China Faces Plague of Locusts”, in Minghui[1]:
- From the perspective of traditional Chinese culture, pests and famines are reflections of the current administration’s lack of moral values and deviation from divine will. The head of the administration (the emperor in the past) would then issue an edict to sincerely repent and correct his wrongdoings.
- Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
- An annoying person, a nuisance.
- An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
- An invasive weed.
Synonyms edit
- (creature): bug
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- pester
- pesting
- pesthole
- pesthouse
- pesticidal, pesticide
- pestiferous
- pestilence, pestilent, pestilential
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
From French peste, from Latin pestis (“disease, plague, pest, destruction”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pest c (uncountable, singular definite pesten)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pest f (uncountable)
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Descendants edit
Verb edit
pest
- inflection of pesten:
References edit
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Northern Kurdish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pest f (Arabic spelling پەست)
References edit
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “pest”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[2], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 442
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pest f or m (definite singular pesta or pesten, indefinite plural pester, definite plural pestene)
- a plague
- sky (noe/noen) som pesten - avoid (something/someone) like the plague
- velge mellom pest og kolera - choose the lesser of two evils
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “pest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pest m (definite singular pesten, indefinite plural pestar, definite plural pestane)
pest f (definite singular pesta, indefinite plural pester, definite plural pestene)
- a plague
- sky (noko/nokon) som pesten - avoid (something/someone) like the plague
- velje mellom pest og kolera - choose the lesser of two evils
Derived terms edit
- byllepest
- forpeste
- harepest
- musepest
- pestepidemi
- Pesta (“humanoid personification of the plague”)
- tinnpest
References edit
- “pest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pęstь.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pȇst f (Cyrillic spelling пе̑ст)
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Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *pęstь. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian пест, pest, Slovak päsť, Russian пясть (pjastʹ, “middle part of the hand”) and запя́стье (zapjástʹje), dialectal Bulgarian (Western dialects) пестник (pestnik), песник (pesnik), пестница (pestnica). Compare Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ), English fist, German Faust.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pẹ̑st f
Inflection edit
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent | |||
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nom. sing. | pést | ||
gen. sing. | pestí | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
pést | pestí | pestí |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
pestí | pestí | pestí |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
pêsti | pestéma | pestém |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
pést | pestí | pestí |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
pêsti | pestéh | pestéh |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
pestjó | pestéma | pestmí |
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Swedish edit
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pest c
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Tocharian B edit
Particle edit
pest
- a perfectivizing particle used with verbs