гость

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• (Glagolitic): ⰳⱁⱄⱅⱐ (gostĭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gostь.

Noun

гость • (gostĭ) m

1. guest

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Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gostь, Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡosʲtʲ]

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Noun

гость • (gostʹ) m anim (genitive го́стя, nominative plural го́сти, genitive plural госте́й, feminine го́стья)

1. guest, visitor

   идти́ в го́сти ― idtí v gósti ― to go visiting

   быть в гостя́х у кого́-либо ― bytʹ v gostjáx u kovó-libo ― to be a guest of someone

2. (obsolete) merchant, especially one that trades overseas.

Usage notes

• Гость (Gostʹ) may refer to a guest of either gender, but is always a masculine noun; any adjectives modifying it must be masculine, as must any pronouns referring back to it.

Declension

Declension of гость (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-e) 

	singular	plural
nominative	го́сть góstʹ	го́сти gósti
genitive	го́стя góstja	госте́й gostéj
dative	го́стю góstju	гостя́м gostjám
accusative	го́стя góstja	госте́й gostéj
instrumental	го́стем góstem	гостя́ми gostjámi
prepositional	го́сте góste	гостя́х gostjáx

Derived terms

• гостево́й (gostevój)
• гости́ный (gostínyj)
• гости́ная (gostínaja)
• гости́ть (gostítʹ)
• гости́ница (gostínica)

Related terms

• го́стья (góstʹja)

See also

• в гостя́х хорошо́, а до́ма лу́чше (v gostjáx xorošó, a dóma lúčše)