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Hungarian
Etymology
fos + -t
Pronunciation
Noun
fost
- accusative singular of fos
Maltese
Etymology
From f’ + wast or f’ + wost (“in middle ”), ultimately from Arabic فِي وَسْط (fī wasṭ, “in middle ”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
fost
- among
2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 6:Sadattant, mal-medda tas-snin dan l-antagoniżmu anti-Semitiku baqa’ dejjem jiżdied, anki fost il-Ġermaniżi.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Inflection
Romanian
Etymology
Past participle of fi. Probably formed from fuse, the simple perfect tense, as with *post (pus) from puse for the verb pune.
Pronunciation
Participle
fost (past participle of fi)
- past participle of fi; been
Am fost la București.- I have been to Bucharest.
Adjective
fost m or n (feminine singular fostă, masculine plural foști, feminine and neuter plural foste)
- (of someone who had a feature, degree, function, name, etc. which they no longer possess) former
Declension
Noun
fost m (plural foști, feminine equivalent fostă)
- ex-boyfriend
Usage notes
When used as a noun, fost is generally used in the definite form fostul.
Declension
Vilamovian
Proper noun
fost f
- Lent