hosta

See also: Hosta, hósta, and hösta

English

Hosta fortunei

Etymology

Named after Nicolaus Thomas Host, Austrian botanist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒstə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊ stə/, /ˈhɑs tə/
• Rhymes: -ɒstə

Noun

hosta (plural hostas)

1. Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta: a plantain lily.

Further reading

• hosta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hosta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Athos, HATOs, HOTAS, Shota, has to, hoast, oaths, shoat, shota

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hostet

Verb

hosta

1. inflection of hoste:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną.

Verb

hōsta

1. to cough

Conjugation

Conjugation of hōsta (weak)

	present			past
infinitive	hōsta			—
participle	hōstandi, -e			hōstaþer
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	hōstar	hōsti, -e	—	hōstaþi, -e	hōstaþi, -e
þū	hōstar	hōsti, -e	hōsta	hōstaþi, -e	hōstaþi, -e
han	hōstar	hōsti, -e	—	hōstaþi, -e	hōstaþi, -e
vīr	hōstum, -om	hōstum, -om	hōstum, -om	hōstaþum, -om	hōstaþum, -om
īr	hōstin	hōstin	hōstin	hōstaþin	hōstaþin
þēr	hōsta	hōstin	—	hōstaþu, -o	hōstaþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	hōstas	hōstis, -es	—	hōstaþis, -es	hōstaþis, -es
þū	hōstas	hōstis, -es	—	hōstaþis, -es	hōstaþis, -es
han	hōstas	hōstis, -es	—	hōstaþis, -es	hōstaþis, -es
vīr	hōstums, -oms	hōstums, -oms	—	hōstaþums, -oms	hōstaþums, -oms
īr	hōstins	hōstins	—	hōstaþins	hōstaþins
þēr	hōstas	hōstins	—	hōstaþus, -os	hōstaþins

Descendants

• Swedish: hosta

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• husta

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Slovene hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.

Noun

hosta f (Cyrillic spelling хоста)

1. (Kajkavian) forest

Synonyms

• šuma (standard)
• gvozd (archaic)

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xóːsta/

Noun

họ̑sta f

1. scrub
2. forest

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	hósta
gen. sing.	hóste
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	hósta	hósti	hóste
genitive (rodȋlnik)	hóste	hóst	hóst
dative (dajȃlnik)	hósti	hóstama	hóstam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	hósto	hósti	hóste
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	hósti	hóstah	hóstah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	hósto	hóstama	hóstami

Further reading

• “hosta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio:

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hōsta, probably from the oblique case of Old Norse hósti, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô.

Noun

hosta c

1. a cough (condition/disease)

   Mamma hade fått en envis hosta.

   Mom had contracted a stubborn cough.

Usage notes

• The noun hosta refers to the condition or disease, not to a single cough (see hostning) or bout of coughing (see hostanfall).

Declension

Declension of hosta
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hosta	hostan	—	—
Genitive	hostas	hostans	—	—

Related terms

• hostning
• hostanfall

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish hōsta, from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną.

Verb

hosta

1. to cough

Conjugation

Conjugation of hosta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	hosta		—
Supine	hostat		—
Imperative	hosta		—
Imper. plural1	hosten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	hostar	hostade	—	—
Ind. plural1	hosta	hostade	—	—
Subjunctive2	hoste	hostade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	hostande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

• hotas

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Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

hosta

1. to rub
2. to massage

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “массажировать, натирать, тереть”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika