Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

fos +‎ -t

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈfoʃt]
  • Hyphenation: fost

Noun edit

fost

  1. accusative singular of fos

Maltese edit

Root
w-s-t
4 terms

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

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 edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Participle edit

fost (past participle of fi)

  1. past participle of fi; been
    Am fost la București.
    I have been to Bucharest.

Adjective edit

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 edit

Noun edit

fost m (plural foști, feminine equivalent fostă)

  1. ex-boyfriend

Usage notes edit

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

Declension edit

Vilamovian edit

Proper noun edit

fost f

  1. Lent