kost

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Contents 1 Czech 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Declension 1.3.2 Derived terms 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Noun 2.2.2.1 Inflection 3 Dutch 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Noun 3.1.1.1 Derived terms 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Verb form 4 Latvian 4.1 Verb 5 Serbo-Croatian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Declension 6 Slovene 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun

[edit] Czech

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kostь.

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• IPA: /kost/

[edit] Noun

kost f.

1. A bone

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[edit] Derived terms

• diagram rybí kosti m.
• kostnatý m.
• kostra f.
• kostlivec m.

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[edit] Danish

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse kostr, from Middle Low German kost, koste.

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• IPA: /kɔst/, [kʰʌsd̥]

[edit] Noun

kost c. (singular definite kosten, not used in plural form)

1. food (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)
2. diet (food a person or animal consumes, habitual consumption)
3. board (regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging)

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse *quǫstr, from Middle Low German quast (“‘brush, tassel’”).

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• IPA: /kost/, [kʰɔsd̥]

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kost c. (singular definite kosten, plural indefinite koste)

1. broom, besom
2. brush

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology 1

cognate with cost, French coût, ultimately from Latin constare 'to stand firm, cost'

[edit] Noun

kost m. (plural kosten, diminutive kostje, diminutive plural kostjes)

1. A cost, price
2. The plural kosten is used for expenses
3. (used absolutely, with definite article: de kost) Board, livelihood, meals and lodgings
4. (mainly in the diminutive: kostje) hence, one's 'daily bread', and an income to afford it

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(cost)

• kostbaar (adjective)
• kostelijk (adjective)
• kosteloos (adjective)
• kostprijs m.
• op kosten jagen (verb)
• ten koste van

(board; daily bread)

• kostbaas m.
• kostganger m.
• kostgeld n.
• kostjongen m.
• kostleerling m.
• kostschool
• rauwkost
• voor de kost (for a living)

[edit] Etymology 2

Germanic, cognate with German kosten 'to taste'

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kost

1. singular present imperfect and imperative forms of kosten

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[edit] Latvian

[edit] Verb

kost

1. A bite

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kostь, from Proto-Indo-European *kost-.

[edit] Noun

kȏst f. (Cyrillic spelling ко̑ст)

1. A bone

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kostь.

[edit] Noun

kost f.

1. A bone