prost

See also: Prost

German

Etymology

Contraction of prosit, from Latin prōsit (“may it be beneficial”), originally used as a response to sneezing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pʀoːst]

Interjection

prost!

cheers (the usual toast when drinking alcohol)
(now very informal, possibly offensive) bless you (response to someone’s sneezing)

Synonyms

(cheers): zum Wohl (more formal)

Derived terms

prost Mahlzeit
prosten
zuprosten

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse prófasti, prófastr, from Low German [Term?], from Latin propositus, from praepositus.

Noun

prost m (definite singular prosten, indefinite plural proster, definite plural prostene)

a dean

Related terms

prosti

References

“prost” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse prófasti, prófastr, from Low German [Term?], from Latin propositus, from praepositus.

Noun

prost m (definite singular prosten, indefinite plural prostar, definite plural prostane)

a dean

Related terms

prosti

References

“prost” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prost/

Adjective

prost m, n (feminine singular proastă, masculine plural proști, feminine and neuter plural proaste)

simple, simple-minded
stupid
poor (of low quality)

Declension

declension of prost

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	prost		proastă	proști	proaste
nominative/ accusative	definite	prostul		proasta	proștii	proastele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	prost		proaste	proști	proaste
genitive/ dative	definite	prostului		proastei	proștilor	proastelor

Synonyms

idiot, tâmpit

Adverb

prost

poorly, badly

Synonyms

rău

Noun

prost m (plural proști, feminine equivalent proastă)

fool, idiot

Declension

declension of prost

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) prost	prostul	(niște) proști	proștii
genitive/dative	(unui) prost	prostului	(unor) proști	proștilor
vocative	prostule		proștilor

Related terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prôst/

Adjective

prȍst (definite prȍstī, comparative prostiji, Cyrillic spelling про̏ст)

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prost	prosta	prosto
genitive		prosta	proste	prosta
dative		prostu	prostoj	prostu
accusative	inanimate animate	prost prosta	prostu	prosto
vocative		prost	prosta	prosto
locative		prostu	prostoj	prostu
instrumental		prostim	prostom	prostim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prosti	proste	prosta
genitive		prostih	prostih	prostih
dative		prostim(a)	prostim(a)	prostim(a)
accusative		proste	proste	prosta
vocative		prosti	proste	prosta
locative		prostim(a)	prostim(a)	prostim(a)
instrumental		prostim(a)	prostim(a)	prostim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prosti	prosta	prosto
genitive		prostog(a)	proste	prostog(a)
dative		prostom(u/e)	prostoj	prostom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	prosti prostog(a)	prostu	prosto
vocative		prosti	prosta	prosto
locative		prostom(e/u)	prostoj	prostom(e/u)
instrumental		prostim	prostom	prostim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prosti	proste	prosta
genitive		prostih	prostih	prostih
dative		prostim(a)	prostim(a)	prostim(a)
accusative		proste	proste	prosta
vocative		prosti	proste	prosta
locative		prostim(a)	prostim(a)	prostim(a)
instrumental		prostim(a)	prostim(a)	prostim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prostiji	prostija	prostije
genitive		prostijeg(a)	prostije	prostijeg(a)
dative		prostijem(u)	prostijoj	prostijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	prostiji prostijeg(a)	prostiju	prostije
vocative		prostiji	prostija	prostije
locative		prostijem(u)	prostijoj	prostijem(u)
instrumental		prostijim	prostijom	prostijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prostiji	prostije	prostija
genitive		prostijih	prostijih	prostijih
dative		prostijim(a)	prostijim(a)	prostijim(a)
accusative		prostije	prostije	prostija
vocative		prostiji	prostije	prostija
locative		prostijim(a)	prostijim(a)	prostijim(a)
instrumental		prostijim(a)	prostijim(a)	prostijim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najprostiji	najprostija	najprostije
genitive		najprostijeg(a)	najprostije	najprostijeg(a)
dative		najprostijem(u)	najprostijoj	najprostijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najprostiji najprostijeg(a)	najprostiju	najprostije
vocative		najprostiji	najprostija	najprostije
locative		najprostijem(u)	najprostijoj	najprostijem(u)
instrumental		najprostijim	najprostijom	najprostijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najprostiji	najprostije	najprostija
genitive		najprostijih	najprostijih	najprostijih
dative		najprostijim(a)	najprostijim(a)	najprostijim(a)
accusative		najprostije	najprostije	najprostija
vocative		najprostiji	najprostije	najprostija
locative		najprostijim(a)	najprostijim(a)	najprostijim(a)
instrumental		najprostijim(a)	najprostijim(a)	najprostijim(a)

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ́st/
Tonal orthography: prȍst

Adjective

pròst (not comparable)

free (without restrain, bounds)

Declension

Declension of pròst (hard)

singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pròst ^ind prôsti ^def	prôsta	prôsto
accusative	nominative^inan or genitive^anim	prôsto	prôsto
genitive	prôstega	prôste	prôstega
dative	prôstemu	prôsti	prôstemu
locative	prôstem	prôsti	prôstem
instrumental	prôstim	prôsto	prôstim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prôsta	prôsti	prôsti
accusative	prôsta	prôsti	prôsti
genitive	prôstih	prôstih	prôstih
dative	prôstima	prôstima	prôstima
locative	prôstih	prôstih	prôstih
instrumental	prôstima	prôstima	prôstima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prôsti	prôste	prôsta
accusative	prôste	prôste	prôsta
genitive	prôstih	prôstih	prôstih
dative	prôstim	prôstim	prôstim
locative	prôstih	prôstih	prôstih
instrumental	prôstimi	prôstimi	prôstimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

Via German Propst and/or Middle Low German prōvest from Latin prōpositus.

Noun

prost c

provost: a honorific title for a priest, awarded by the bishop

Declension

Declension of prost
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	prost	prosten	prostar	prostarna
Genitive	prosts	prostens	prostars	prostarnas

Related terms

domprost
kontraktsprost
prosteri
prostgård
prostinna

References

prost in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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