kist

See also: Kist

English

Etymology 1

From kiss

Verb

kist

(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of kiss
- 1648, Robert Herrick, The Pomander Bracelet,
  To me my Julia lately sent
  A Bracelet richly Redolent
  The Beads I kist, but most lov'd her
  That did perfume the Pomander.

Etymology 2

Possibly from Old Norse kista (chest); but see also cist (“crypt”).

Noun

kist (plural kists)

(Scotland) A chest.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 17:
  the spear he killed the gryphon with was locked in a kist there, or so some said [...].
(Scotland) A coffin.

Verb

kist (third-person singular simple present kists, present participle kisting, simple past and past participle kisted)

(Scotland) To place in a coffin.

Related terms

kist o' whistles

Anagrams

kits, skit

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɪst/
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Rhymes: -ɪst

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kiste, from Proto-Germanic *kistō, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂.

Noun

kist f, m (plural kisten, diminutive kistje n)

box, chest
(informal) a boot or large shoe, especially an army boot
coffin
(aviation) aeroplane

Derived terms

legerkist (“army boot”)
soldatenkist

Descendants

Afrikaans: kis

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

kist

first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of kisten
imperative of kisten

Anagrams

stik

Middle English

Noun

kist

Alternative form of cheste (“chest”)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kîst/

Noun

kȉst m (Cyrillic spelling ки̏ст)

brush

Declension

Declension of kist

	singular	plural
nominative	kȉst	kìstovi
genitive	kista	kistova
dative	kistu	kistovima
accusative	kist	kistove
vocative	kiste	kistovi
locative	kistu	kistovima
instrumental	kistom	kistovima

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French kyste.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈcist/
Hyphenation: kist

Noun

kist (definite accusative kisti, plural kistler)

(medicine) cyst

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

kist

Definite accusative

kisti

Singular

Plural

Nominative

kist

kistler

Definite accusative

kisti

kistleri

Dative

kiste

kistlere

Locative

kistte

kistlerde

Ablative

kistten

kistlerden

Genitive

kistin

kistlerin

Possessive forms
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	kistim	kistlerim
2nd singular	kistin	kistlerin
3rd singular	kisti	kistleri
1st plural	kistimiz	kistlerimiz
2nd plural	kistiniz	kistleriniz
3rd plural	kistleri	kistleri

Predicative forms
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	kistim	kistlerim
2nd singular	kistsin	kistlersin
3rd singular	kist kisttir	kistler kistlerdir
1st plural	kistiz	kistleriz
2nd plural	kistsiniz	kistlersiniz
3rd plural	kistler	kistlerdir

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