oste
BasqueEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Ultimately from Latin hostem, accusative singular of hostis (“enemy, stranger”), from Proto-Italic *hostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest, stranger”).
NounEdit
oste inan
- horde (a large number of people or things)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of oste (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | oste | ostea | osteak |
ergative | ostek | osteak | osteek |
dative | osteri | osteari | osteei |
genitive | osteren | ostearen | osteen |
comitative | osterekin | ostearekin | osteekin |
causative | osterengatik | ostearengatik | osteengatik |
benefactive | osterentzat | ostearentzat | osteentzat |
instrumental | ostez | osteaz | osteez |
inessive | ostetan | ostean | osteetan |
locative | ostetako | osteko | osteetako |
allative | ostetara | ostera | osteetara |
terminative | ostetaraino | osteraino | osteetaraino |
directive | ostetarantz | osterantz | osteetarantz |
destinative | ostetarako | osterako | osteetarako |
ablative | ostetatik | ostetik | osteetatik |
partitive | osterik | — | — |
prolative | ostetzat | — | — |
Derived termsEdit
- osteka (“in great numbers”)
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Basque *bost-, itself a borrowing from Latin post (“behind, after”). The final vowel was back-formed from the derived postposition ostean (“after”).[1]
NounEdit
oste inan
- back (the side of any object which is opposite the front)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of oste (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | oste | ostea | osteak |
ergative | ostek | osteak | osteek |
dative | osteri | osteari | osteei |
genitive | osteren | ostearen | osteen |
comitative | osterekin | ostearekin | osteekin |
causative | osterengatik | ostearengatik | osteengatik |
benefactive | osterentzat | ostearentzat | osteentzat |
instrumental | ostez | osteaz | osteez |
inessive | ostetan | ostean | osteetan |
locative | ostetako | osteko | osteetako |
allative | ostetara | ostera | osteetara |
terminative | ostetaraino | osteraino | osteetaraino |
directive | ostetarantz | osterantz | osteetarantz |
destinative | ostetarako | osterako | osteetarako |
ablative | ostetatik | ostetik | osteetatik |
partitive | osterik | — | — |
prolative | ostetzat | — | — |
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “oste” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further readingEdit
- “oste” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
- “oste” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
DanishEdit
NounEdit
oste c
- indefinite plural of ost
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Old French oste (“innkeeper, landlord”), which is from Latin hospitem, the accusative singular of hospes. From the same Latin source: Italian ospite (a doublet).
NounEdit
oste m (plural osti, feminine ostessa)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin hostem, accusative singular of hostis (“enemy, stranger”), from Proto-Italic *hostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest, stranger”).
NounEdit
oste m (plural osti)
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
Northern SamiEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ōste
- inflection of oastit:
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin hospitem, the accusative singular of hospes.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
oste m (oblique plural ostes, nominative singular ostes, nominative plural oste)