See also: Ost, OST, ôt, öst, øst, osť, -ost, and -osť

English edit

Noun edit

ost (plural osts)

  1. Obsolete form of oast.

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Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Danish oost, Old Norse ostr, from Proto-Germanic *jūstaz, *justaz.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈost/, [ˈɔ̝sd̥], [ˈɔ̽st]

Noun edit

ost c (singular definite osten, plural indefinite oste)

  1. cheese
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Low German ōst (east), from Proto-Germanic *austrą. Cognate of Danish øster, Danish øst.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

ost

  1. (obsolete) east

Noun edit

ost

  1. (obsolete) east
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Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Verb edit

ost

  1. past participle of ose

Estonian edit

Noun edit

ost (genitive ostu, partitive ostu)

  1. purchase

Declension edit

Declension of ost (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative ost ostud
accusative nom.
gen. ostu
genitive ostude
partitive ostu oste
ostusid
illative ostu
ostusse
ostudesse
ostesse
inessive ostus ostudes
ostes
elative ostust ostudest
ostest
allative ostule ostudele
ostele
adessive ostul ostudel
ostel
ablative ostult ostudelt
ostelt
translative ostuks ostudeks
osteks
terminative ostuni ostudeni
essive ostuna ostudena
abessive ostuta ostudeta
comitative ostuga ostudega

Further reading edit

  • ost”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • ost”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • ost in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Faroese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ost

  1. accusative singular of ostur

French edit

Etymology edit

From Middle French ost, from Old French ost, host, from Latin hostis. An archaic or literary term referring to an army from the Middle Ages, taken from Middle French (i.e. no longer reflecting a popularly inherited form). The modern pronunciation is based on the spelling, differing from the original one, which was /o/. Has survived as an inherited form in the dialects of the Picardy and Maine regions as o (herd).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɔst/
  • (file)

Noun edit

ost m (plural osts)

  1. (archaic, literary) host, army

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Icelandic edit

Noun edit

ost

  1. indefinite accusative singular of ostur

Latvian edit

 
Ost vīnu

Etymology edit

From *uosti, from Proto-Baltic *uod-ti, from *ōd-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (to smell). Cognates include Lithuanian úosti, Old Czech jadati (to explore, to investigate), Ancient Greek ὄζω (ózō, to smell), Latin odōr (smell), Albanian amë (unpleasant smell).[1]

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

ost (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present ožu, od, , past odu)

  1. to smell (to perceive an odor)
    ost cepetito smell roast(ed meat)
    ost vīnuto smell the wine
    ost spirta smakuto smell the odor of alcohol
    strādājot virtuvē, visu laiku redzot, ožot ēdienu, it kā ēstgribas vairs navworking in a kitchen, seeing and smelling food all the time, it is as if one no longer had (= could feel) the desire to eat
  2. to smell, to sniff (to inhale air through the nose, usually several times, in order to try to perceive a smell)
    ost ēterito smell ether
    ožamais spirtssmelling salts, hartshorn (lit. smellable alcohol)
    divi cilvēki, piebāzuši pirkstu galus pie deguna, steidzīgi oda kaut ko baltu kā lauku vecenes šņaucamo tabakutwo people, bringing the tips of their fingers to their noses, quickly smelled something white, like old women snuffing tobacco in the countryside
  3. (figuratively, colloquial) to smell (to sense, to find out)
    saimnieks jau dabūjis ost, ka tu citu vietu meklējotiesthe landowner has already managed to smell that you are looking for another place
  4. to smell, to stink (to have, to spread a bad, unpleasant smell)
    te pēc benzīnait smells like gasoline here
    ost pēc ķiplokiem, siļķēm, alusto smell like garlic, herring, beer
  5. to smell (to have, to spread a pleasant odor)
    ost pēc odekolonato smell like eau-de-cologne
    puķe jauki the flower smells nice
    nokāpj gravā; pēc valgmes un pērnajām lapāmhe goes down the ravine; (there) it smells like dampness and last year's leaves
  6. (figuratively, colloquial) to smell (to suggest, make think of something, usually unpleasant)
    tas jau oda pēc fašismathat smelled like fascism

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prefixed verbs:
other derived terms:

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References edit

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ost”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Middle French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French ost, from Latin hostis.

Noun edit

ost m or f (plural osts)

  1. army

Descendants edit

  • French: ost

References edit

  • ost on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

From Danish ost, from Old Norse ostr.

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /ust/

Noun edit

ost m (definite singular osten, indefinite plural oster, definite plural ostene)

  1. cheese

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse ostr, from Proto-Germanic *justaz.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ost/, /ust/
  • Hyphenation: òst

Noun edit

ost m (definite singular osten, indefinite plural ostar, definite plural ostane)

  1. cheese

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Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *ōst.

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Noun edit

ōst m

  1. knot in a tree

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Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin hostis, hostem.

Noun edit

ost m or f

  1. army (armed military force)

Usage notes edit

  • Has a regular declension as both a masculine and a feminine noun
    nominative singular oz, oblique plural oz, nominative plural ost when masculine
    nominative singular ost, oblique plural oz, nominative plural oz when feminine
  • see Appendix:Old French nouns

Descendants edit

  • Middle French: ost
    • French: ost (archaic)

Papiamentu edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch oost.

Adjective edit

ost

  1. east

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Osten.

Noun edit

ost n (plural osturi)

  1. (dated) east

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Romansch edit

Etymology edit

From a Germanic language.

Noun edit

ost m (plural osts)

  1. east

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Slovene edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostь.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ọ̑st f

  1. sharp tip

Inflection edit

 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. óst
gen. sing. ostí
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
óst ostí ostí
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
ostí ostí ostí
dative
(dajȃlnik)
ôsti ostéma ostém
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
óst ostí ostí
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
ôsti ostéh ostéh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
ostjó ostéma ostmí

Further reading edit

  • ost”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Swedish oster, from Old Norse ostr, from Proto-Germanic *justaz, from Proto-Indo-European *yaus-, *yūs-.

Noun edit

ost c

  1. cheese
Declension edit
Declension of ost 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ost osten ostar ostarna
Genitive osts ostens ostars ostarnas
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Etymology 2 edit

Alternative forms edit

Adverb edit

ost (not comparable)

  1. east
    Kotka ligger ost om Helsingfors.
    Kotka lies east of Helsinki.

Noun edit

ost c (uncountable)

  1. east
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See also edit

  • (compass points) vädersträck;
nordväst norr
nord
nordost
nordöst
väster
väst
  öster
öst
ost
sydväst söder
syd
sydost
sydöst


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Tocharian B edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tocharian *wɔstä, maybe from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂s-tu-; compare Ancient Greek ἄστυ (ástu, town) and Sanskrit वास्तु (vāstu). Compare Tocharian A waṣt.

Noun edit

ost m (gen. s. ostantse, obl. s. ost, nom. pl. ostwa)

  1. house

Usage notes edit

Often found in the phrases ostmeṃ lät- (lit. “leave home”), meaning “to become a (Buddhist) monk”, and ostmeṃ ltu, “Buddhist monk”. This term reflects the Sanskrit equivalent प्रव्रज्य (pravrajya​, go forth). Note that a similar expression, probably a calque, is also found in Chinese 出家 (chūjiā, renounce the family to become a Buddhist monk or nun).

Vilamovian edit

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ost m

  1. bough, branch