-st

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Suffix 1.1.1 Coordinate terms 1.1.2 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Suffix 2.1.1.1 Derived terms 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Suffix 2.3 References 3 Icelandic 3.1 Suffix 3.1.1 Derived terms 3.1.2 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Suffix

-st

1. (archaic) Verb suffix for the second person singular
   • Macbeth

     Thou com'st to use thy tongue.

2. (marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "first")

   The 21st century.

[edit] Coordinate terms

• -nd
• -rd
• -th

[edit] Translations

• Japanese: 第 ja(ja) (だい, dai)

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology 1

The suffix -st consists of two parts: a suffix -t (Proto-Indo-European *-ti) and an inserted -s-. The -s- is the result of a wrong segmentation of stem and suffix of a noun in cases where the stem of the noun ended with -s-. For example: a word like Dutch vorst (“‘frost’”) could be interpreted as vors+t or as vor+st. This suffix existed already in Gothic (ansts, from unnan).^[1]

[edit] Suffix

-st

1. appended to the stem of a verb, this suffix yields a verbal noun; it is similar in function to the Dutch suffix -ing

[edit] Derived terms

• afkomst
• dienst
• komst
• kunst
• ontvangst
• overeenkomst

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Suffix

-st

1. appended to an adjective this suffix forms the superlative

   vreemd (“‘strange’”) → vreemdst (“‘strangest’”)

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ A. van Loey, "Schönfeld's Historische Grammatica van het Nederlands", Zutphen, 8. druk, 1970, ISBN 90-03-21170-1; § 167

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Suffix

-st

1. turns verbs into middle voice verbs

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Icelandic middle voice verbs
• Category:Icelandic middle voice verbs