prosti

See also: prostí and proști

Cebuano

Etymology

Final clipping of English prostitute, from Latin prōstitutus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pros‧ti

Noun

prosti

1. (derogatory, vulgar) prostitute

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping of prostituált (“prostitute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈproʃti]
• Hyphenation: pros‧ti
• Rhymes: -ti

Noun

prosti (plural prostik)

1. (slang) prostitute

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	prosti	prostik
accusative	prostit	prostikat
dative	prostinak	prostiknak
instrumental	prostival	prostikkal
causal-final	prostiért	prostikért
translative	prostivá	prostikká
terminative	prostiig	prostikig
essive-formal	prostiként	prostikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	prostiban	prostikban
superessive	prostin	prostikon
adessive	prostinál	prostiknál
illative	prostiba	prostikba
sublative	prostira	prostikra
allative	prostihoz	prostikhoz
elative	prostiból	prostikból
delative	prostiról	prostikról
ablative	prostitól	prostiktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	prostié	prostiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	prostiéi	prostikéi

Possessive forms of prosti
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	prostim	prostijaim (or prostiim)
2nd person sing.	prostid	prostijaid (or prostiid)
3rd person sing.	prostija	prostijai (or prostii)
1st person plural	prostink	prostijaink (or prostiink)
2nd person plural	prostitok	prostijaitok (or prostiitok)
3rd person plural	prostijuk	prostijaik (or prostiik)

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔsti/
• Rhymes: -ɔsti
• Syllabification: pros‧ti

Adjective

prosti (comparative prostszi or proscészi or proszczészi, superlative nôprostszi or nôproscészi or nôproszczészi, derived adverb prosto)

1. straight

   Synonym: równy

Declension

Declension of prosti (hard)

singular					plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter	virile (= masculine personal)	non-virile
nominative	prosti		prostô	prosté	prosti	prosté
genitive	prostégò		prosti	prostégò	prostëch
dative	prostémù		prosti	prostémù	prostim
accusative	prostégò	prosti	prostą	prosté	prostëch	prosté
instrumental	prostim		prostą	prostim	prostima
locative	prostim		prosti	prostim	prostëch

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “prosty”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish prosty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔsti/
• Rhymes: -ɔsti
• Syllabification: pros‧ti

Adjective

prosti (derived adverb prosto)

1. straight (not curved or bent)
2. simple (non-distinct)
3. simple (without decorations, etc.)
4. simple (easy to do or understand)
5. simple (uneducated and uncultured)

Further reading

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “prosty”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 7, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 21-22

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Low German [Term?].

Noun

prosti n (definite singular prostiet, indefinite plural prosti or prostier, definite plural prostia or prostiene)

1. a deanery

Related terms

• prost

References

• “prosti” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Low German [Term?].

Noun

prosti n (definite singular prostiet, indefinite plural prosti, definite plural prostia)

1. a deanery

Related terms

• prost

References

• “prosti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• prosta — regional

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prosˈti/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From prost (“stupid”) +‎ -i.

Verb

a prosti (third-person singular present prostește, past participle prostit) 4th conj.

1. (transitive) to fool, to trick

   Synonym: păcăli

   • 1896, Garabet Ibrăileanu, Bel-Ami, translation of original by Guy de Maupassant, part 2, chapter 8:

     Mă amețise ca pe un nătărău, mă prostise și mă fermecase.

     She had misled me like a tool, she had fooled me and enchanted me.

   • 2007 December 2, Groovy Swing, “parada”, in soc.culture.romania‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Daca iei la purecat biografiile greilor ofiterimii superioare, ai sa vezi ca si vorba asta de prostit pro$tii e mai degraba ceea ce la voi in SUA se cheama "urban legend".

     If you comb over the biographies of the heavyweights of the upper ranks, you’ll see that this notion made to fool fools is also more like what you in the USA call “urban legend”.

2. (reflexive) to act goofy, fool around
   • 2016 November 26, forum poster, “Anxietate [Anxiety]”, in ROmedic forums‎^[3], archived from the original on 2017/1/1:

     Mereu mi-a fost frica de boli adica am avut momente in care daca ma prosteam putin sau imitam o persoana credeam ca am dubla personalitate […]

     I've always been afraid of diseases, like, I've had moments where, if I was fooling around a bit or imitating a person, I'd think I had a split personality […]

3. (reflexive or transitive, often participle) to stupefy, make unable to think

   Synonym: tâmpi

   • (Can we date this quote?), Alexandru Macedonski, Cârjaliul, chapter 3:

     Smărăndița nu mai știa de bucurie, iar Dobre sta prostit în mijlocul casei neștiind cum să explice o asemenea întîmplare.

     Smărăndița was beside herself with joy, and Dobre was sitting stupefied in the middle of the house, not knowing how to explain such an event.

   • 1920, Liviu Rebreanu, Ion, volume 2, chapter 4:

     Se uita drept în ochii lui iscoditori, zăpăcindu‑l și prostindu‑l.

     She was looking right into his curious eyes, flustering him and stupefying him.

4. (reflexive) to become stupid
   • 1872, Mihai Eminescu, Poor Dionis:

     — Maistre Ruben, te-ai prostit rău de când nu ne-am mai văzut, zise tânărul zâmbind, ori eu am devenit o ființă superioară magistrului meu… se poate și asta.

     “Master Ruben, you’ve become severely stupid since we last saw each other”, said the youth with a smile, “or perhaps I am become a being superior to my magister… that’s also possible.”

5. (reflexive, rare, of things) to lose quality, deteriorate, no longer correspond
   • 1989, Grigore Moisil, Viorica Moisil, O familie ca oricare alta, →ISBN, page 141:

     Mangalia anul acesta nu se prezintă tocmai fermecătoare, pentru că s-au prostit restaurantele.

     This year, Mangalia isn't exactly charming, because the restaurants became worse in quality.

6. (reflexive, rare) to become weak
7. (rare, obsolete) to pretend to be something else
8. (reflexive or transitive, vanishingly rare, obsolete) to make or become ugly
   • 1825, various authors, “Prostescu”, in Lesicon roma̓nescu-la̓tinescu-ungurescu-nemțescu [Lexicon of Buda]‎^[4], Budapest, page 555:

     Prostescu, tire, titu. Просте́ск, ти́ре, ти́т, I. verb. act. pre quineva […] 2) i. e. facu uri̓tu: deturpo, deformem facio: rutítani: garſtig machen — II. reciprocum: me̓ prostescu […] b) me̓ facu uri̓tu: turpis fio: rútúlni: garſtig werden.

     Prostesc. I. active verb: [somebody] […] 2) I make ugly; II. reciprocal: […] b) I become ugly

     Note: this sense is not attested in actual use.

Related terms

• prost

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic простити (prostiti, “to forgive”).

Verb

a prosti (third-person singular present prostește, past participle prostit) 4th conj.

1. (intransitive, regional) Synonym of cerși (“beg for alms”)
2. (transitive, obsolete) to allow for a dispensation
3. (transitive, obsolete, rare) to spare someone of a punishment
4. (reciprocal, obsolete, rare) to make up (make peace)
5. (reflexive, obsolete, rare) to step down, or specifically to abdicate [with de ‘from an office’]
6. (reflexive, obsolete, rare) to retreat to a place

Conjugation

    conjugation of prosti (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a prosti
gerund			prostind
past participle			prostit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	prostesc	prostești	prostește	prostim	prostiți	prostesc
	imperfect	prosteam	prosteai	prostea	prosteam	prosteați	prosteau
	simple perfect	prostii	prostiși	prosti	prostirăm	prostirăți	prostiră
	pluperfect	prostisem	prostiseși	prostise	prostiserăm	prostiserăți	prostiseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să prostesc	să prostești	să prostească	să prostim	să prostiți	să prostească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		prostește			prostiți
	negative		nu prosti			nu prostiți

Synonyms

• (spare): ierta
• (make up): împăca
• (step down): demisiona
• (abdicate): abdica
• (retreat): retrage

References

• prosti in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

prosti

1. inflection of prost:
   1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
   2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
   3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular