gost
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English gost, see below.
Related terms
References
- gost in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English gāst, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔːst/
- Rhymes: -ɔːst
Noun
gost (plural gostes)
- a spiritual being; angel, devil, spirit; soul of a dead person
- 1386, Chaucer, Legend of Good Women:
- This nyght my faderes gost Hath in my slep so sore me tormented.
- 1500, The Towneley Plays:
- The gost went to hell a pase whils the cors lay slayn, And broght the sawles from sathanas.
- 1525, English Conquest of Ireland:
- The dede to areren, yuel gostes to quethen.
- 1386, Chaucer, Legend of Good Women:
- the Holy Ghost
- Goddes gost is þe geven. — Cleanness, c1400
- A villain, scoundrel; a devil incarnate; a wicked-looking creature
- In þat doynge Paternus the monk semeþ a lewed goost. — Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, 1387
- The soul of man, spiritual nature
- ᵹe cursed gostes, goþ in-to þe pyne of helle! — Seint Ieremie telleþ, c1400
- Lyfe is none quen gost is lede. — A Stanzaic Life of Christ, 1500
- A spiritual force or insight, a gift of prophecy
- A haþel in þy holde..hatz þe gostes of God þat gyes alle soþes. — Cleanness, c1400
- A breath, blowing, wind; God's breath, a spiritual wind; the blowing of storm
- Gost-wynd nedefull is to recouer monnes gost þat greued is. — A Stanzaic Life of Christ, 1500
Derived terms
Derived terms
- gosted — endowed with a spirit, immortal
- gostful — like a ghost, ghostly; spiritual
- gostlihede, gostlihod — spiritual conduct, spiritual love, devoutness, piety
- gostliness — spiritual matters, spirituality; devoutness, piety.
- gostli — spiritually
References
- Middle English Dictionary, "gost"
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. Numerous cognates include Catalan gust, Italian gusto and French goût.
Derived terms
- gostós
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gostь, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡôːst/, /ɡôst/
Noun
gȏst m (Cyrillic spelling го̑ст)
- guest
- Svakog gosta tri dana dosta. - [For] every guest three days is enough. (proverb)
Declension
References
- “gost”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Друго фототипско издање edition, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 542
- “gost” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *gostь, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ́st/
- Tonal orthography: gȍst
Declension
Declension of gòst (masculine anim., hard o-stem)
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡóːst/
- Tonal orthography: gọ̑st
Declension
Declension of góst (hard)
singular | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | góst ind gósti def |
gósta | gósto |
accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim | gósto | gósto |
genitive | góstega | góste | góstega |
dative | góstemu | gósti | góstemu |
locative | góstem | gósti | góstem |
instrumental | góstim | gósto | góstim |
dual | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | gósta | gósti | gósti |
accusative | gósta | gósti | gósti |
genitive | góstih | góstih | góstih |
dative | góstima | góstima | góstima |
locative | góstih | góstih | góstih |
instrumental | góstima | góstima | góstima |
plural | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | gósti | góste | gósta |
accusative | góste | góste | gósta |
genitive | góstih | góstih | góstih |
dative | góstim | góstim | góstim |
locative | góstih | góstih | góstih |
instrumental | góstimi | góstimi | góstimi |
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
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