ost

ost (plural osts)

1. Alternative form of oast

• OTs, TOS, TOs, TSO, Tso, sot

• IPA^(key): /ost/, [ɔsd̥]

From Middle Low German ōst (“east”).

ost

1. (obsolete) east

ost

1. (obsolete) east

• øst

From Old Norse ostr.

ost c (singular definite osten, plural indefinite oste)

1. cheese

ost (genitive ostu, partitive ostu)

1. purchase

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): /ɔst/
• Rhymes: -ɔst
• Homophone: ást

ost

1. accusative singular of ostur

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ɔst/

ost m (plural osts)

1. (archaic, literary) host, army

• hostile

ost

1. indefinite accusative singular of ostur

From *uosti, from Proto-Baltic *uod-ti, from *ōd-, from Proto-Indo-European *od-, *ōd-, *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]

• IPA^(key): [uôst]

ost tr. or intr., 1st conj., pres. ožu, od, ož, past odu

1. to smell (to perceive an odor)

   ost cepeti ― to smell roast(ed meat)

   ost vīnu ― to smell the wine

   ost spirta smaku ― to smell the odor of alcohol

   strādājot virtuvē, visu laiku redzot, ožot ēdienu, it kā ēstgribas vairs nav ― working 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 ēteri ― to smell ether

   ožamais spirts ― smelling salts, hartshorn (lit. smellable alcohol)

   divi cilvēki, piebāzuši pirkstu galus pie deguna, steidzīgi oda kaut ko baltu kā lauku vecenes šņaucamo tabaku ― two 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 meklējoties ― the 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 ož pēc benzīna ― it smells like gasoline here

   ost pēc ķiplokiem, siļķēm, alus ― to smell like garlic, herring, beer

5. to smell (to have, to spread a pleasant odor)

   ost pēc odekolona ― to smell like eau-de-cologne

   puķe jauki ož ― the flower smells nice

   nokāpj gravā; ož pēc valgmes un pērnajām lapām ― he 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 fašisma ― that smelled like fascism

• (of "to sniff"): ostīt
• (of "to sense"): jaust
• (of "to stink"): smirdēt, smakot
• (of "to spread pleasant odor"): smaržot

prefixed verbs:

other derived terms:

• osties

• ostīt
• oža

From Old French ost, from Latin hostis.

ost m or f (plural osts)

1. army

• French: ost

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

From Old Norse ostr.

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

1. cheese

• ostekake
• ostesaus
• parmesanost
• sveitserost

• “ost” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse ostr.

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

1. cheese

• ostekake
• ostesaus
• parmesanost
• sveitserost

• “ost” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *ōstaz. Cognate with Middle Low German ōst, Dutch oest (“knot, tree-stump”). Related with Proto-Germanic *astaz (“branch”), whence Old High German ast (German Ast), Gothic 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (asts).

• IPA^(key): /oːst/

ōst m

1. knot in a tree

• host

From Latin hostis, hostem.

ost m or f

1. army (armed military force)

• 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

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

From Dutch oost.

ost

1. east

From a Germanic language.

ost m (plural osts)

1. east

• (Sutsilvan) oriaint

• vest

• nordost
• sidost

• nord
• sid
• nordvest
• sidvest

Back-formation from oster.

• IPA^(key): /ˈóːst/
• Tonal orthography: ọ̑st

óst f (genitive ostí, nominative plural ostí)

1. sharp tip

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

ost c

1. cheese

• öster
• öst

ost (not comparable)

1. east

   Kotka ligger ost om Helsingfors.

   Kotka lies east of Helsinki.

ost c (uncountable)

1. east

• nordost
• nordväst
• norr
• öst
• öster
• ostlig
• söder
• syd
• sydost
• sydväst
• väst
• väster

• ost in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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.

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

1. house

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 (“renounce the family to become a Buddhist monk or nun”).

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ost m

1. bough, branch