hósti

See also: hosti

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hósti, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoustɪ/

Noun

hósti m (genitive singular hósta, nominative plural hóstar)

1. cough

Declension

declension of hósti

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hósti	hóstinn	hóstar	hóstarnir
accusative	hósta	hóstann	hósta	hóstana
dative	hósta	hóstanum	hóstum	hóstunum
genitive	hósta	hóstans	hósta	hóstanna

Derived terms

• kíghósti (“whooping cough”)