ost

See also Ost, OST, and öst

English

Noun

ost (plural osts)

1. Alternative form of oast.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German ōst (“east”).

Adverb

ost

1. east

Noun

ost

1. east

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ostr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ost/, [ɔsd̥]

Noun

ost c (singular definite osten, plural indefinite oste)

1. cheese

Inflection

    Inflection of ost

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	ost	osten	oste	ostene
genitive	osts	ostens	ostes	ostenes

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Estonian

Noun

ost (^??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

1. purchase

Declension

This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Latvian

Ost vīnu

Etymology

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”), Polish badać, Ancient Greek ὄζω (ózō, “to smell”), Latin odōr (“smell”), Albanian amë (“unpleasant smell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [uôst]

Verb

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

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)

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)

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

   te ož pēc benzīna — it smells like gasoline here

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

6. (figuratively, colloquial) to smell (to suggest, make think of something, usually unpleasant)

   tas jau oda pēc fašisma — that smelled like fascism

Conjugation

conjugation of ost

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)
1st pers. sg.	es	ožu	odu	odīšu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	od	odi	odīsi	od
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	ož	oda	odīs	lai ož
1st pers. pl.	mēs	ožam	odām	odīsim	odīsim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	ožat	odāt	odīsiet, odīsit	odiet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	ož	oda	odīs	lai ož
CONJUNCTIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	ožot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		odošs
Past	esot odis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		ozdams
Future	odīšot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		ožot
Imperative	lai ožot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		ožam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		odis
Present	ostu		Present Passive		ožams
Past	būtu odis		Past Passive		osts
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jāož		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		ost
Conjunctive 1	esot jāož		Negative Infinitive		neost
Conjunctive 2	jāožot		Verbal noun		ošana

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:

apost ieost

izost paost

saost uzost

other derived terms:

• osties

Related terms

• ostīt
• oža

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse ostr.

Noun

ost m

1. cheese

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Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /oːst/

Noun

ōst m

1. knot in a tree

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Romansch

Etymology

From a Germanic language.

Noun

ost m (plural osts)

1. east

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan) oriaint

Antonyms

• vest

Derived terms

• nordost
• sidost

Related terms

• nord
• sid
• nordvest
• sidvest

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Slovene

Etymology

Back-formation from oster.

Noun

ost f

1. sharp tip

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse ostr.

Noun

ost c

1. a cheese

Declension

Declension of ost

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ost	osten	ostar	ostarna
genitive	osts	ostens	ostars	ostarnas

Related terms

grönmögelost herrgårdsost hushållsost hårdost lyckost mjukost

osta ostaffär ostberedning ostbit ostborr ostbricka ostburgare ostbågar

ostdisk ostfluga ostform ostfralla osthyvel ostig ostkaka ostkant

ostkniv ostkräm ostkupa ostmacka ostmask ostmassa ostskalk ostskiva

ostsmörgås oststång ostsås ostvassla ostämne prästost rivost ysta

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• öster
• öst

Adverb

ost (not comparable)

1. east

   Kotka ligger ost om Helsingfors.

   Kotka lies east of Helsinki.

Noun

ost c (uncountable)

1. east

Related terms

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

References

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

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Tocharian B

Etymology

Compare Tocharian A waṣt.

Noun

ost

1. house