rost
English
Noun
rost (plural rosts)
- (Scotland) Alternative form of roust (a strong tide or current)
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rost in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
Breton
Noun
rost m
- roasted meat
Catalan
Adjective
rost (feminine rosta, masculine plural rosts or rostos, feminine plural rostes)
Noun
rost m (plural rosts or rostos)
- a steep slope
Danish
Verb
rost
- past participle of rose
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔst
Adjective
rost
- Superlative form of ros
Anagrams
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈroʃt]
- Hyphenation: rost
Noun
rost (plural rostok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | rost | rostok |
| accusative | rostot | rostokat |
| dative | rostnak | rostoknak |
| instrumental | rosttal | rostokkal |
| causal-final | rostért | rostokért |
| translative | rosttá | rostokká |
| terminative | rostig | rostokig |
| essive-formal | rostként | rostokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | rostban | rostokban |
| superessive | roston | rostokon |
| adessive | rostnál | rostoknál |
| illative | rostba | rostokba |
| sublative | rostra | rostokra |
| allative | rosthoz | rostokhoz |
| elative | rostból | rostokból |
| delative | rostról | rostokról |
| ablative | rosttól | rostoktól |
| Possessive forms of rost | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | rostom | rostjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | rostod | rostjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | rostja | rostjai |
| 1st person plural | rostunk | rostjaink |
| 2nd person plural | rostotok | rostjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | rostjuk | rostjaik |
Lombard
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɔʃt/
Noun
rost m (invariable)
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rɔst]
Verb
rost
- supine of rosć
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin rōstrum. Compare Aromanian arostu. Compare also related meanings in Albanian rast.
Noun
rost n (plural rosturi)
- order
- sense, meaning
- purpose, aim
- justification
- job
- (obsolete) mouth
- (obsolete) the faculty of speaking, speech
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) rost | rostul | (niște) rosturi | rosturile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) rost | rostului | (unor) rosturi | rosturilor |
| vocative | rostule | rosturilor | ||
Synonyms
Related terms
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish rost, from Old Norse *rustr, from Proto-Germanic *rustaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
Noun
rost c
Declension
| Declension of rost | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | rost | rosten | rostar | rostarna |
| Genitive | rosts | rostens | rostars | rostarnas |
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