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mest

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See also: Mest, MEST, mést, měst, мест, and месть

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish mest, from Old Norse mestr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mest

  1. most; to the highest degree
    Den er mest afskyelig af dem alle.
    It is the most despicable of them all.
  2. most; in the largest quantity
    Hun havde mest plads.
    She had the most space.

Adverb

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mest

  1. mostly; for the most part
    Gruppen bestod mest af immigranter fra Skotland.
    The group consisted chiefly of Scottish immigrants.
  2. most of the time
    Sommetider gik hun ture, men mest sov hun.
    She would sometimes go for walks, but mostly, she slept.

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch mest, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-West Germanic *mistu, from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz. Probably derived from *mīganą (to urinate) + *-þuz.

Cognate with Old Saxon mist, Old High German mist, German Mist, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (maihstus). More distantly related to Middle Dutch mes, mis, Old Saxon mehs, West Frisian mjoks, mjuks, Old English meox.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɛst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mest
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

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mest m or n (uncountable)

  1. dung
  2. fertilizer

Usage notes

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Mest is in modern usage masculine in the Netherlands, but may also be neuter in Belgium.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Caribbean Hindustani: mes
  • Caribbean Javanese: mès
  • Papiamentu: mèst, mest

Anagrams

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist.

Adverb

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mest (superlative of nógv, comparative meira)

  1. most
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Latvian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *met-;[1][2] according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (to measure).[3] Cognate with Lithuanian mesti, also Proto-Slavic *mesti (to throw; to sweep).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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mest (transitive, 1st conjugation, present metu, met, met, past metu)

  1. to throw

Conjugation

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Conjugation of mest
indicative (īstenības izteiksme) imperative
(pavēles izteiksme)
present
(tagadne)
past
(pagātne)
future
(nākotne)
1st person sg es metu metu metīšu
2nd person sg tu met meti metīsi met
3rd person sg viņš, viņa met meta metīs lai met
1st person pl mēs metam metām metīsim metīsim
2nd person pl jūs metat metāt metīsiet,
metīsit
metiet
3rd person pl viņi, viņas met meta metīs lai met
renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme) participles (divdabji)
present metot present active 1 (adj.) metošs
past esot metis present active 2 (adv.) mezdams
future metīšot present active 3 (adv.) metot
imperative lai metot present active 4 (obj.) metam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme) past active metis
present mestu present passive metams
past būtu metis past passive mests
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme) nominal forms
indicative (būt) jāmet infinitive (nenoteiksme) mest
conjunctive 1 esot jāmet negative infinitive nemest
conjunctive 2 jāmetot verbal noun mešana

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mesti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 313-4
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 308-309, →ISBN
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “703-04”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 703-04

Middle English

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Noun

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mest

  1. Alternative form of myst (mist)

Northern Kurdish

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Adjective

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mest

  1. drunk

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist.

Adjective

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mest

  1. indefinite singular superlative degree of mye

Adverb

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mest

  1. most; used in construction of superlative of long/foreign adjectives

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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mest

  1. most; used in construction of superlative of long/foreign adjectives
  2. almost

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Old English

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Noun

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mest m

  1. Alternative form of mæst (mast)

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *maist, from Proto-Germanic *maist, *maistaz (most).

Compare Old English mǣst, Old Frisian māst, Old High German meist, Old Norse mestur, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (maists), 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄 (maist).

Adverb

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mēst

  1. most

Slovene

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Noun

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mest

  1. genitive dual/plural of mesto

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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mest

  1. mostly, most of the time
  2. mostly, mainly; to the larger part
  3. superlative degree of mycket: most
  4. superlative degree of många: most
  5. Used in construction of the superlative of certain adjectives: most

Synonyms

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish مست (mest), from Classical Persian مَسْت (mast), Middle Persian 𐭬𐭮𐭲 (mst, drunk, bemused), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *matˢtás (drunk, intoxicated), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (wet)

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈmest/


Adjective

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mest

  1. intoxicated

Declension

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Predicative forms of mest
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) mestim mest miyim?
sen (you are) mestsin mest misin?
o (he/she/it is) mest / mesttir mest mi?
biz (we are) mestiz mest miyiz?
siz (you are) mestsiniz mest misiniz?
onlar (they are) mest(ler) mest(ler) mi?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) mesttim mest miydim?
sen (you were) mesttin mest miydin?
o (he/she/it was) mestti mest miydi?
biz (we were) mesttik mest miydik?
siz (you were) mesttiniz mest miydiniz?
onlar (they were) mesttiler mest miydiler?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) mestmişim mest miymişim?
sen (you were) mestmişsin mest miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) mestmiş mest miymiş?
biz (we were) mestmişiz mest miymişiz?
siz (you were) mestmişsiniz mest miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) mestmişler mest miymişler?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) mestsem mest miysem?
sen (if you) mestsen mest miysen?
o (if he/she/it) mestse mest miyse?
biz (if we) mestsek mest miysek?
siz (if you) mestseniz mest miyseniz?
onlar (if they) mestseler mest miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

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Zazaki

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Noun

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mest (m)

  1. tomorrow