ist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the suffix -ist.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɪst/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun[edit]

ist (plural ists)

  1. A practitioner or supporter of an ism.
    • 2009 March 29, Kevin McKenna, “That's enough men leaning on shovels”, in The Observer[1]:
      Not the obsession with the isms and the ists of Balls, Miliband, Cooper and Alexander and their acolytes.

Anagrams[edit]

Cimbrian[edit]

Verb[edit]

ist

  1. third-person singular present indicative of zèinan

Cypriot Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Arabic اِسْت (ist).

Noun[edit]

ist m (plural istát)

  1. genitals
  2. buttocks

References[edit]

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 140

German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • is', is (colloquial, pronunciation spelling)

Pronunciation[edit]

(standard)

(nonstandard, colloquial)

Verb[edit]

ist

  1. third-person singular present of sein

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ist

  1. Romanization of 𐌹𐍃𐍄

Khalaj[edit]

Perso-Arabic ایست

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *üŕt.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [ɪst], [i̞st]

Noun[edit]

ist (definite accusative istü, plural istlər)

  1. upper part
  2. top

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Livonian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *istudak, related to Finnish istua.

Verb[edit]

ist

  1. sit

Old High German[edit]

Verb[edit]

ist

  1. third-person singular present indicative of wesan

Proto-Norse[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ist

  1. Romanization of ᛁᛊᛏ

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ist

  1. hush, shh