dost
English edit
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Verb edit
dost
- (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of do
Usage notes edit
Doth and dost are generally used as auxiliary verbs; doeth and doest are generally used as main verbs.
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:dost.
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Anagrams edit
Azerbaijani edit
Cyrillic | дост | |
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Abjad | دوست |
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian دوست (dōst).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dost (definite accusative dostu, plural dostlar)
Declension edit
Declension of dost | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | dost |
dostlar | ||||||
definite accusative | dostu |
dostları | ||||||
dative | dosta |
dostlara | ||||||
locative | dostda |
dostlarda | ||||||
ablative | dostdan |
dostlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | dostun |
dostların |
Derived terms edit
- dostluq (“friendship”)
- dost-tanış (“friends and acquaintances”)
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
dost
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Declension of dost
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Czech edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech dosti, dost, from Old Czech do- + syt. Compare Polish dość.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
dost
Further reading edit
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian دوست (dōst).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dost ?
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
dost n (plural dosturi)
Declension edit
Declension of dost
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) dost | dostul | (niște) dosturi | dosturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) dost | dostului | (unor) dosturi | dosturilor |
vocative | dostule | dosturilor |
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Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of dosta.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
dost (Cyrillic spelling дост)
- (colloquial) enough, sufficiently
- (colloquial) lots of, plenty of
- (colloquial) rather, quite (+ adjective or adverb)
- Dost depresivno... ― So depressing...
Synonyms edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish دوست (dost, “lover, friend, sweetheart”), from Classical Persian دوست (dōst).
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Audio (file)
Noun edit
dost (definite accusative dostu, plural dostlar)
- friend (often, arkadaş is used instead of dost)
- Synonym: (informal) kanka
- paramour; an illicit male or female lover
Declension edit
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Nominative | dost | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | dostu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | dost | dostlar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | dostu | dostları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | dosta | dostlara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | dostta | dostlarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | dosttan | dostlardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | dostun | dostların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Antonyms edit
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See also edit
References edit
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دوست”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 921
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dost
- Soft mutation of tost.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
tost | dost | nhost | thost |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Zazaki edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
dost