rost
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
rost (plural rosts)
References edit
- “rost”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
rost (third-person singular simple present rosts, present participle rosting, simple past and past participle rosted)
- Obsolete form of roast.
- 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 82-85,[1]
- Well Masters if you will eate nothing take away: Come, what doo we to passe away the time? Lay a crab in the fire to rost for Lambes-wooll […]
- 1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, Kupperman, published 1988, page 138:
- Their corne they rost in the eare greene, and bruising it in a morter of wood with a Polt, lappe it in rowles in the leaves of their corne, and so boyle it for a daintie.
- 1669, John Baptista Porta, Natural Magick, page 322:
- […] and care must be had to rost him so leasurely, that he neither burn, nor continue raw: for when the skin seems crup, it is a sign all is rosted, and the Polenta is taken away.
- 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 82-85,[1]
Noun edit
rost (countable and uncountable, plural rosts)
- Obsolete form of roast.
- 1575, “Gammer Gurton’s Needle”, in A Select Collection of Old Plays. […], 2nd edition, volume II, London: […] J. Nichols; for J. Dodsley, […], published 1780, page 20:
- I love no roſt, but a nut-brown toſte, and a crab layde in the fyre, / A lytle bread ſhall do me stead, much breade I not deſyre.
- 1600, S[amuel] R[owlands], The Letting of Humours Blood in the Head-Vaine. […], London: […] W. White for W. F., page 9:
- When Thraſo meets his friend, he ſweares by God, / Vnto his Chamber he ſhall welcome be: / Not that hee’le cloy him there with roſt or ſod, / Such vulgar diet with Cookes ſhops agree: / But hee’le preſent moſt kinde, exceeding franke / The beſt Tabacco, that he euer dranke.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 44:16, column 1:
- He burneth part thereof in the fire: with part thereof he eateth fleſh: he roſteth roſt, and is ſatiſfied: yea hee warmeth himſelfe, and ſaith; Aha, I am warme, I haue ſeene the fire.
- 1634, A Strange Metamorphosis of Man, Transformed into a VVildernesse. Deciphered in Characters., London: […] Thomas Harper, […] sold by Lawrence Chapman […]:
- If Pluto’s treaſury be golden Mynes in the bowels of the earth, this is his Kitchin, ſeated in his cellars there, or his Coalehouſe rather, where hee ſtores his fuell for his roſts.
Adjective edit
rost (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of roast.
- 1510, “Notes from an Old City Account Book”, in The Archaeological Journal. […], volume XLIII, London: […] the Office of the [Royal Archaeological] Institute, […], published 1886, page 172:
- The secund covrse / Creme off almonds Rost coney plouers small byrds & custard
- 1622, Relation or Iournall of the Beginning and Proceedings of the English Plantation Setled at Plimoth in New England, by Certaine English Aduenturers Both Merchants and Others. […], London: […] [J. Dawson] for Iohn Bellamie, […], page 47:
- After ſupper we went to reſt, and they to fiſhing againe: more they gat and fell to eating a freſh, and retayned ſufficient readie roſt for all our break-faſts.
- 1623, G[ervase] M[arkham], “Of the Outward and Actiue Knowledge of the Hous-wife; and of Her Skill in Cookerie; as Sallets of All Sorts, with Flesh, Fish, Sauces, Pastrie, Banqueting-stuffe, and Ordering of Great Feasts: Also Distillations, Perfumes, Conceited Secrets, and Preseruing Wine of All Sorts”, in Covntrey Contentments, or The English Husvvife. […], London: Printed by I. B. for R. Iackson, […], →OCLC, page 126:
- Next them all ſorts of Roſt-meates, of which the greateſt firſt, as Chine of beeffe or Surloine, the Gigget or Legges of Mutton, Gooſſe, Swan, Veale, Pig, Capon, and ſuch like.
- 1649, Εικων Ἡ Πιστη [Eikōn Hē Pistē]. Or, The Faithfull Pourtraicture of a Loyall Subject, in Vindication of Εικὼν Βασιλική [Eikṑn Basilikḗ]. […], [London]: [s.n.], page 61:
- […] will you take the foam of a mad dog, and put it into your pot of pottage, to poyſon half the family, that you may have the more roſt meat to your ſelves?
Anagrams edit
Breton edit
Etymology edit
From Old French rostir, of West Germanic origin.
Noun edit
rost m
- roasted meat
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Perhaps of pre-Roman origin.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rost (feminine rosta, masculine plural rosts or rostos, feminine plural rostes)
Noun edit
rost m (plural rosts or rostos)
- a steep slope
Further reading edit
- “rost” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “rost” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish edit
Verb edit
rost
- past participle of rose
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rost
Anagrams edit
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Uncertain. Perhaps from an unattested stem + -t (noun-forming suffix).[1]
Noun edit
rost (plural rostok)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | rost | rostok |
accusative | rostot | rostokat |
dative | rostnak | rostoknak |
instrumental | rosttal | rostokkal |
causal-final | rostért | rostokért |
translative | rosttá | rostokká |
terminative | rostig | rostokig |
essive-formal | rostként | rostokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | rostban | rostokban |
superessive | roston | rostokon |
adessive | rostnál | rostoknál |
illative | rostba | rostokba |
sublative | rostra | rostokra |
allative | rosthoz | rostokhoz |
elative | rostból | rostokból |
delative | rostról | rostokról |
ablative | rosttól | rostoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
rosté | rostoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
rostéi | rostokéi |
Possessive forms of rost | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | rostom | rostjaim |
2nd person sing. | rostod | rostjaid |
3rd person sing. | rostja | rostjai |
1st person plural | rostunk | rostjaink |
2nd person plural | rostotok | rostjaitok |
3rd person plural | rostjuk | rostjaik |
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from German, more specifically from Bavarian. Compare Rost (“grill”).[1]
Noun edit
rost (plural rostok)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | rost | rostok |
accusative | rostot | rostokat |
dative | rostnak | rostoknak |
instrumental | rosttal | rostokkal |
causal-final | rostért | rostokért |
translative | rosttá | rostokká |
terminative | rostig | rostokig |
essive-formal | rostként | rostokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | rostban | rostokban |
superessive | roston | rostokon |
adessive | rostnál | rostoknál |
illative | rostba | rostokba |
sublative | rostra | rostokra |
allative | rosthoz | rostokhoz |
elative | rostból | rostokból |
delative | rostról | rostokról |
ablative | rosttól | rostoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
rosté | rostoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
rostéi | rostokéi |
Possessive forms of rost | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | rostom | rostjaim |
2nd person sing. | rostod | rostjaid |
3rd person sing. | rostja | rostjai |
1st person plural | rostunk | rostjaink |
2nd person plural | rostotok | rostjaitok |
3rd person plural | rostjuk | rostjaik |
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 rost in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- (fiber): rost in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (grill): rost in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Lombard edit
Etymology edit
From Old French rostir, of West Germanic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rost m (invariable)
Lower Sorbian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
rost
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
rost
- Alternative form of roste (“roast”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
rost
- Alternative form of rust
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
rost
- Alternative form of rosten (“to roast”)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *orstъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rost m inan
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- rost in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin rōstrum. Compare Aromanian arostu. Compare also related meanings in Albanian rast.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rost n (plural rosturi)
- order
- sense, meaning
- Synonym: sens
- purpose, aim
- justification
- job
- (obsolete) mouth
- Synonym: gură
- (obsolete) the faculty of speaking, speech
- Synonym: vorbire
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) rost | rostul | (niște) rosturi | rosturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) rost | rostului | (unor) rosturi | rosturilor |
vocative | rostule | rosturilor |
Related terms edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish rost, from Old Norse *rustr, from Proto-Germanic *rustaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
Noun edit
rost c
- (uncountable) rust (on iron or steel)
- (uncountable) rust (plant disease)
- a gridiron, a grill
Declension edit
Declension of rost | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | rost | rosten | rostar | rostarna |
Genitive | rosts | rostens | rostars | rostarnas |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- rost in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- rost in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- rost in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Talysh edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Persian راست (rāst).
Adjective edit
rost
- right (dexter)