tost

See also: tôt

English

Verb

tost

(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of toss.
- 1810, Walter Scott, The Lady of the Lake; a Poem, Edinburgh: Printed [by James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, OCLC 6632529, canto I (The Chase), stanza XXII, page 28:
  A wanderer, here by fortune tost, / My way, my friends, my courser lost, / I ne'er before, believe me, fair, / Have ever drawn your mountain air, / Till on this lake's romantic strand, / I found a fay in fairy land.

Anagrams

TSTO, stot, tots

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tostum, the neuter of tostus. Cognate with French tôt, Italian tosto.

Adverb

tost

(archaic or dialectal) soon

Synonyms

aviat

German

Verb

tost

Second-person singular present of tosen.
Second-person plural present of tosen.
Third-person singular present of tosen.
Imperative plural of tosen.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tost.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɔsˠt̪ˠ/

Noun

tost m (genitive singular tosta, nominative plural tostanna)

silence
Bí i do thost!
Be silent!, Be quiet!, Shut up!

Is binn béal ina thost.
A silent mouth is sweet.
(proverb)
verbal noun of tost

Declension

Declension of tost

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tost	tostanna
Vocative	a thost	a thostanna
Genitive	tosta	tostanna
Dative	tost	tostanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tost	na tostanna
Genitive	an tosta	na dtostanna
Dative	leis an tost don tost	leis na tostanna

Verb

tost (present analytic tostann, future analytic tostfaidh, verbal noun tost, past participle tosta)

be silent, become silent
Thost sé bomaite.
He remained silent a while.

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	tostaim	tostann tú; tostair^†	tostann sé, sí	tostaimid	tostann sibh	tostann siad; tostaid^†	a thostann; a thostas / a dtostann; a dtostas	tostar
	past	thost mé; thostas	thost tú; thostais	thost sé, sí	thostamar; thost muid	thost sibh; thostabhair	thost siad; thostadar	a thost / ar thost*	tostadh
	past habitual	thostainn	thostá	thostadh sé, sí	thostaimis; thostadh muid	thostadh sibh	thostaidís; thostadh siad	a thostadh / ar thostadh*	thostaí
	future	tostfaidh mé; tostfad	tostfaidh tú; tostfair^†	tostfaidh sé, sí	tostfaimid; tostfaidh muid	tostfaidh sibh	tostfaidh siad; tostfaid^†	a thostfaidh; a thostfas / a dtostfaidh; a dtostfas	tostfar
conditional		thostfainn	thostfá	thostfadh sé, sí	thostfaimis; thostfadh muid	thostfadh sibh	thostfaidís; thostfadh siad	a thostfadh / ar thostfadh*	thostfaí
subjunctive	present	go dtosta mé; go dtostad^†	go dtosta tú; go dtostair^†	go dtosta sé, sí	go dtostaimid; go dtosta muid	go dtosta sibh	go dtosta siad; go dtostaid^†	—	go dtostar
subjunctive	past	dá dtostainn	dá dtostá	dá dtostadh sé, sí	dá dtostaimis; dá dtostadh muid	dá dtostadh sibh	dá dtostaidís; dá dtostadh siad	—	dá dtostaí
imperative		tostaim	tost	tostadh sé, sí	tostaimis	tostaigí; tostaidh^†	tostaidís	—	tostar
verbal noun		tost
past participle		tosta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tost	thost	dtost
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“tost” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
“tostaim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French toster.

Verb

tost

Alternative form of tosten

Etymology 2

A back-formation from tosten.

Alternative forms

toste, toost

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɔːst/

Noun

tost (plural tostes)

toast (bread that has been toasted)

Descendants

English: toast
Scots: toast

References

“tōst (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-14.

Old French

Etymology

Possibly from Latin tot (“very”) + cito (“fast”), but more likely from Vulgar Latin *tostum, from the neuter of Latin tostus (“toasted”), later meaning "hotly, promptly" in Vulgar Latin. Cognate to Italian tosto, Occitan and Catalan tost.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɔst/

Adverb

tost

Derived terms

Descendants

French: tôt

References

“tot” in An etymological dictionary of the French language, Oxford University Press, 1837.
etymology

Polish

tosty

Noun

tost m inan

toast (toasted bread)

Declension

declension of tost

	singular	plural
nominative	tost	tosty
genitive	tosta	tostów
dative	tostowi	tostom
accusative	tost	tosty
instrumental	tostem	tostami
locative	toście	tostach
vocative	toście	tosty

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

tosd

Noun

tost m (genitive singular tost, no plural)

silence

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian toast

Noun

tost m (invariable)

toasted sandwich

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