fost

Hungarian

Etymology

fos +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoʃt]
• Hyphenation: fost

Noun

fost

1. accusative singular of fos

Maltese

Root
w-s-t
4 terms

Etymology

From f’ + wast or f’ + wost (“in middle [of]”), ultimately from Arabic فِي وَسْط (fī wasṭ, “in middle [of]”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔst/

Preposition

fost

1. among
   • 2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 6:

     Sadattant, mal-medda tas-snin dan l-antagoniżmu anti-Semitiku baqa’ dejjem jiżdied, anki fost il-Ġermaniżi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Inflected forms of fost
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		fosti		fostna
2nd person		fostok		fostkom
3rd person		fostu	fostha	fosthom

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of fi. Probably formed from fuse, the simple perfect tense, as with *post (pus) from puse for the verb pune.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fost]

Participle

fost (past participle of fi)

1. past participle of fi; been

   Am fost la București.

   I have been to Bucharest.

Adjective

fost m or n (feminine singular fostă, masculine plural foști, feminine and neuter plural foste)

1. (of someone who had a feature, degree, function, name, etc. which they no longer possess) former

Declension

Declension of fost

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	fost		fostă	foști	foste
	definite	fostul		fosta	foștii	fostele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	fost		foste	foști	foste
	definite	fostului		fostei	foștilor	fostilor

Noun

fost m (plural foști, feminine equivalent fostă)

1. ex-boyfriend

Usage notes

When used as a noun, fost is generally used in the definite form fostul.

Declension

Declension of fost

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) fost	fostul	(niște) foști	foștii
genitive/dative	(unui) fost	fostului	(unor) foști	foștilor
vocative	fostule		foștilor

Vilamovian

Proper noun

fost f

1. Lent