gost
See also: gôt, goşt, gos't', and goṣṭ
English
Alternative forms
- ghost
Etymology
From Middle English gost, see below.
Noun
gost (plural gosts)
- Obsolete form of ghost.
- 1600, Richard Hakluyt, Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, reprint edition, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 68:
- ... may non evylle gost entre ne come unto the place that it is inne.
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Related terms
- geist
References
- gost in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Anagrams
- GOTs, GTOs, gots, stog, togs
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English gāst, from Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz.
Alternative forms
- gast, goost, goste
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔːst/
- Rhymes: -ɔːst
Noun
gost (plural gostes)
- a spiritual being; angel, devil, spirit; soul of a dead person
- 1386, Chaucer, Legend of Good Women:
- This nyght my faderes gost Hath in my slep so sore me tormented.
- 1500, The Towneley Plays:
- The gost went to hell a pase whils the cors lay slayn, And broght the sawles from sathanas.
- 1525, English Conquest of Ireland:
- The dede to areren, yuel gostes to quethen.
- 1386, Chaucer, Legend of Good Women:
- the Holy Ghost
- Goddes gost is þe geven. — Cleanness, c1400
- A villain, scoundrel; a devil incarnate; a wicked-looking creature
- In þat doynge Paternus the monk semeþ a lewed goost. — Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, 1387
- The soul of man, spiritual nature
- Ȝe cursed gostes, goþ in-to þe pyne of helle! — Seint Ieremie telleþ, c1400
- Lyfe is none quen gost is lede. — A Stanzaic Life of Christ, 1500
- A spiritual force or insight, a gift of prophecy
- A haþel in þy holde..hatz þe gostes of God þat gyes alle soþes. — Cleanness, c1400
- A breath, blowing, wind; God's breath, a spiritual wind; the blowing of storm
- Gost-wynd nedefull is to recouer monnes gost þat greued is. — A Stanzaic Life of Christ, 1500
Derived terms
Derived terms
- gosted — endowed with a spirit, immortal
- gostful — like a ghost, ghostly; spiritual
- gostlihede, gostlihod — spiritual conduct, spiritual love, devoutness, piety
- gostliness — spiritual matters, spirituality; devoutness, piety.
- gostli — spiritually
Descendants
- English: ghost
- Scots: gaist, gast, ghaist
- Yola: gaast
References
- “gōst, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun
gost
- Alternative form of gorst
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. Numerous cognates include Catalan gust, Italian gusto and French goût.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
gost m (plural gosts)
- taste (of food, drink, etc.)
Derived terms
- gostós
See also
- tastar
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gostь, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡôːst/, /ɡôst/
Noun
gȏst m (Cyrillic spelling го̑ст)
- guest
- Svakog gosta tri dana dosta. - [For] every guest three days is enough. (proverb)
Declension
Declension of gost
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gȏst | gȍsti |
| genitive | gȍsta | gòstijū / gòstī |
| dative | gȍstu | gòstima |
| accusative | gȍsta | gȍste |
| vocative | gȍste | gȍsti |
| locative | gȍstu | gòstima |
| instrumental | gȍstom | gòstima |
References
- “gost”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Друго фототипско издање edition, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 542
- “gost” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *gostь, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔ́st/
Noun
gȍst m anim
- guest
Inflection
| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | gòst | ||
| gen. sing. | gôsta | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | gòst | gôsta | gôstje gôsti |
| accusative | gôsta | gôsta | gôste |
| genitive | gôsta | gôstov | gôstov |
| dative | gôstu | gôstoma | gôstom |
| locative | gôstu | gôstih | gôstih |
| instrumental | gôstom | gôstoma | gôsti |
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡóːst/
Adjective
gọ̑st (comparative gostȇjši, superlative nȁjgostȇjši)
- dense
Inflection
| Hard | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nom. sing. | góst | gósta | gósto |
| singular | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | góst ind gósti def | gósta | gósto |
| accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim | gósto | gósto |
| genitive | góstega | góste | góstega |
| dative | góstemu | gósti | góstemu |
| locative | góstem | gósti | góstem |
| instrumental | góstim | gósto | góstim |
| dual | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | gósta | gósti | gósti |
| accusative | gósta | gósti | gósti |
| genitive | góstih | góstih | góstih |
| dative | góstima | góstima | góstima |
| locative | góstih | góstih | góstih |
| instrumental | góstima | góstima | góstima |
| plural | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | gósti | góste | gósta |
| accusative | góste | góste | gósta |
| genitive | góstih | góstih | góstih |
| dative | góstim | góstim | góstim |
| locative | góstih | góstih | góstih |
| instrumental | góstimi | góstimi | góstimi |
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “gost”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
gost m (plural gest)
- guest
Zazaki
Etymology
Compare Persian گوشت (gušt).
Noun
gost ?
- meat