gost

See also: gôt, goşt, gos't', and goṣṭ

English

Alternative forms

• ghost

Etymology

From Middle English gost, see below.

Noun

gost (plural gosts)

1. Obsolete form of ghost.
   • 1600, Richard Hakluyt, Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation‎^[1], reprint edition, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 68:

     ... may non evylle gost entre ne come unto the place that it is inne.

Related terms

• geist

References

• “gost”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• GTOs, gots, stog, togs

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• gast, goost, goste

Etymology

From Old English gāst, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔːst/
• Rhymes: -ɔːst

Noun

gost (plural gostes)

1. a spiritual being; angel, devil, spirit; soul of a dead person
   • 1386, Chaucer, Legend of Good Women:

     This nyght my faderes gost Hath in my slep so sore me tormented.

   • 1500, The Towneley Plays:

     The gost went to hell a pase whils the cors lay slayn, And broght the sawles from sathanas.

   • 1525, English Conquest of Ireland:

     The dede to areren, yuel gostes to quethen.

2. the Holy Ghost
   • Goddes gost is þe geven. — Cleanness, c1400
3. A villain, scoundrel; a devil incarnate; a wicked-looking creature
   • In þat doynge Paternus the monk semeþ a lewed goost. — Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, 1387
4. The soul of man, spiritual nature
   • ᵹe cursed gostes, goþ in-to þe pyne of helle! — Seint Ieremie telleþ, c1400
   • Lyfe is none quen gost is lede. — A Stanzaic Life of Christ, 1500
5. A spiritual force or insight, a gift of prophecy
   • A haþel in þy holde..hatz þe gostes of God þat gyes alle soþes. — Cleanness, c1400
6. A breath, blowing, wind; God's breath, a spiritual wind; the blowing of storm
   • Gost-wynd nedefull is to recouer monnes gost þat greued is. — A Stanzaic Life of Christ, 1500

Derived terms

Derived terms

• gosted — endowed with a spirit, immortal
• gostful — like a ghost, ghostly; spiritual
• gostlihede, gostlihod — spiritual conduct, spiritual love, devoutness, piety

• gostliness — spiritual matters, spirituality; devoutness, piety.
• gostli — spiritually

Descendants

• English: ghost
• Scots: gaist, gast, ghaist

References

• Middle English Dictionary, "gost"

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. Numerous cognates include Catalan gust, Italian gusto and French goût.

Noun

gost m (plural gosts)

1. taste (of food, drink, etc.)

Derived terms

• gostós

See also

• tastar

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡôːst/, /ɡôst/

Noun

gȏst m (Cyrillic spelling го̑ст)

1. guest

   Svakog gosta tri dana dosta. - [For] every guest three days is enough. (proverb)

Declension

Declension of gost

	singular	plural
nominative	gost	gosti
genitive	gosta	gostiju / gosti
dative	gostu	gostima
accusative	gosta	goste
vocative	goste	gosti
locative	gostu	gostima
instrumental	gostom	gostima

References

• “gost”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 542
• “gost” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovene

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ́st/

Noun

gȍst m anim

1. guest

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	gòst
gen. sing.	gôsta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gòst	gôsta	gôstje gôsti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	gôsta	gôstov	gôstov
dative (dajȃlnik)	gôstu	gôstoma	gôstom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gôsta	gôsta	gôste
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gôstu	gôstih	gôstih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	gôstom	gôstoma	gôsti

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡóːst/

Adjective

gọ̑st (comparative gostȇjši, superlative nȁjgostȇjši)

1. dense

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	góst	gósta	gósto
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	góst ind gósti def	gósta	gósto
genitive	góstega	góste	góstega
dative	góstemu	gósti	góstemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	gósto	gósto
locative	góstem	gósti	góstem
instrumental	góstim	gósto	góstim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gósta	gósti	gósti
genitive	góstih	góstih	góstih
dative	góstima	góstima	góstima
accusative	gósta	gósti	gósti
locative	góstih	góstih	góstih
instrumental	góstima	góstima	góstima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gósti	góste	gósta
genitive	góstih	góstih	góstih
dative	góstim	góstim	góstim
accusative	góste	góste	gósta
locative	góstih	góstih	góstih
instrumental	góstimi	góstimi	góstimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

gost m (plural gest)

1. guest

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Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Persian گوشت (gušt).

Noun

gost

1. meat