bosti

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Basque

Numeral

bosti

  1. dative indefinite of bost

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese বস্তি (bosti).

Noun

bosti (plural bostikhan)

  1. village

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bôsti/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧sti

Verb

bȍsti impf (Cyrillic spelling бо̏сти)

  1. (transitive) to stab
  2. (transitive) to sting, prick

Conjugation

Conjugation of bosti
Infinitive: bosti Present verbal adverb: bòdūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: bòdēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present bodem bodeš bode bodemo bodete bodu
Future Future I bost ću1
bošću 		bost ćeš1
bošćeš 		bost će1
bošće 		bost ćemo1
bošćemo 		bost ćete1
bošćete 		bost će1
bošće
Future II bȕdēm bȏ2 bȕdēš bȏ2 bȕdē bȏ2 bȕdēmo boli2 bȕdēte boli2 bȕdū boli2
Past Perfect bȏ sam2 bȏ si2 bȏ je2 boli smo2 boli ste2 boli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam bȏ2 bȉo si bȏ2 bȉo je bȏ2 bíli smo boli2 bíli ste boli2 bíli su boli2
Imperfect bodijah bodijaše bodijaše bodijasmo bodijaste bodijahu
Conditional I bȏ bih2 bȏ bi2 bȏ bi2 boli bismo2 boli biste2 boli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih bȏ2 bȉo bi bȏ2 bȉo bi bȏ2 bíli bismo boli2 bíli biste boli2 bíli bi boli2
Imperative — bodi — bodimo bodite —
Active past participle bȏ m / bola f / bolo n boli m / bole f / bola n
Passive past participle boden m / bodena f / bodeno n bodeni m / bodene f / bodena n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.

4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bosti.

Pronunciation

Verb

bósti impf

  1. (transitive) to sting
  2. (transitive) to prick
  3. (transitive, impersonal) to feel a sting or prick
  4. (transitive) to stich
  5. (transitive, figuratively) to pierce
  6. (transitive) to penetrate
  7. (intransitive, reflexive) to fight, especially with horns

Conjugation

Class I, accentual type IIA (accent is directly before infinitive ending and not directly before present indicative endings), imperfective
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Infinitive bósti (ø-ti)
Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts) bósti
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial) bōst, bȍst
Supine bȏst, bȍst
l-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular bōdəł, bọ̄dəł, bȍł bōdla, bóla bōdlo, bólo
dual bōdla, bóla bōdli, bóli bōdli, bóli
plural bōdli, bóli bōdle, bóle bōdla, bóla
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
masculine feminine neuter
singular bodȅn bodéna bodéno
dual bodéna bodéni bodéni
plural bodéni bodéne bodéna
š-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular – – –
dual – – –
plural – – –
adverbial š-participle –
True gerund bodénje, bódenje
Objectified gerund –
Present stem bódem (e-m)
Present indicative
singular dual plural
1st person bódem bódeva, bódema bódemo
2nd person bódeš bódeta, bódesta bódete, bódeste
3rd person bóde bódeta, bódesta bódejo
Imperative
singular dual plural
1st person bódi bodȋva, bodȋma bodȋmo
2nd person bódi bodȋta bodȋte
3rd person bódi bodȋta –
č-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular bodȅč bodẹ́ča bodẹ́če
dual bodẹ́ča bodẹ́či bodẹ́či
plural bodẹ́či bodẹ́če bodẹ́ča
adverbial participles
č-participle bodȅč
e-participle –

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “bosti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “bosti”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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