hosta
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Hosta_fortunei_Picta_flower.jpg/220px-Hosta_fortunei_Picta_flower.jpg)
Etymology
Named after Nicolaus Thomas Host, Austrian botanist.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒstə
Noun
hosta (plural hostas)
- Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta: a plantain lily.
Further reading
hosta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
hosta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
hosta
- inflection of hoste:
- simple past
- past participle
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną.
Verb
hōsta
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Slovene hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.
Noun
hosta f (Cyrillic spelling хоста)
Synonyms
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.
Pronunciation
Noun
họ̑sta f
Inflection
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
Swedish
Pronunciation
audio: (file)
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish hōsta, probably from the oblique case of Old Norse hósti, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô.
Noun
hosta c
- 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
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish hōsta, from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną.
Verb
hosta
- 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
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
hosta
Inflection
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
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