kest
See also: kést
English
Verb
kest (third-person singular simple present kests, present participle kesting, simple past and past participle kest)
- Obsolete spelling of cast
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, stanza 42:
- Adowne he kest it with so puissant wrest, / That backe againe it did aloft rebownd, / And gaue against his mother earth a gronefull sownd.
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Anagrams
- Kets, TEKS, kets, sket
Estonian
Etymology
Possibly same root as in kesi, from Proto-Finnic *keci.
Noun
kest (genitive kesta, partitive kesta)
- husk, shell
- sheath
- envelope
- casing, housing
- hull
Inflection
Declension of kest (type külm)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kest | kestad |
| genitive | kesta | kestade |
| partitive | kesta | kesti / kestasid |
| illative | kesta / kestasse | kestadesse / kestisse |
| inessive | kestas | kestades / kestis |
| elative | kestast | kestadest / kestist |
| allative | kestale | kestadele / kestile |
| adessive | kestal | kestadel / kestil |
| ablative | kestalt | kestadelt / kestilt |
| translative | kestaks | kestadeks / kestiks |
| terminative | kestani | kestadeni |
| essive | kestana | kestadena |
| abessive | kestata | kestadeta |
| comitative | kestaga | kestadega |
Derived terms
- võrkkest
Further reading
- kest in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
- kest in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
Tocharian B
Noun
kest
- hunger