hosta

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See also: Hosta, hósta, and hösta

English

Hosta fortunei

Etymology

Named after Nicolaus Thomas Host, Croatian-Austrian botanist.

Pronunciation

Noun

hosta (plural hostas)

  1. Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.
    Synonyms: giboshi, plantain lily

Further reading

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

hosta m anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of host

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

hosta

  1. inflection of hoste:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną

Pronunciation

Verb

hosta (present tense hostar, past tense hosta, past participle hosta, passive infinitive hostast, present participle hostande, imperative hosta/host)

  1. to cough

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English host

Pronunciation

Verb

hosta (present tense hostar, past tense hosta, past participle hosta, passive infinitive hostast, present participle hostande, imperative hosta/host)

  1. (computing) to host

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną.

Verb

hōsta

  1. to cough

Conjugation

Conjugation of hōsta (weak)
present past
infinitive hōsta —
participle hōstandi, -e hōstaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk hōstar hōsti, -e — hōstaþi, -e hōstaþi, -e
þū hōstar hōsti, -e hōsta hōstaþi, -e hōstaþi, -e
han hōstar hōsti, -e — hōstaþi, -e hōstaþi, -e
vīr hōstum, -om hōstum, -om hōstum, -om hōstaþum, -om hōstaþum, -om
īr hōstin hōstin hōstin hōstaþin hōstaþin
þēr hōsta hōstin — hōstaþu, -o hōstaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk hōstas hōstis, -es — hōstaþis, -es hōstaþis, -es
þū hōstas hōstis, -es — hōstaþis, -es hōstaþis, -es
han hōstas hōstis, -es — hōstaþis, -es hōstaþis, -es
vīr hōstums, -oms hōstums, -oms — hōstaþums, -oms hōstaþums, -oms
īr hōstins hōstins — hōstaþins hōstaþins
þēr hōstas hōstins — hōstaþus, -os hōstaþins

Descendants

  • Swedish: hosta

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Slovene hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.

Noun

hosta f (Cyrillic spelling хоста)

  1. (Kajkavian) forest
    Synonyms: (standard) šuma; (archaic) gvozd

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.

Pronunciation

Noun

họ̑sta f

  1. scrub (3.)
  2. forest

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. hósta
gen. sing. hóste
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		hósta hósti hóste
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		hóste hóst hóst
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		hósti hóstama hóstam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		hósto hósti hóste
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		hósti hóstah hóstah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		hósto hóstama hóstami

Further reading

  • “hosta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hōsta, probably from the oblique case of Old Norse hósti, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô.

Noun

hosta c

  1. a cough (condition/disease)
    Mamma hade fått en envis hosta.
    Mom had contracted a stubborn cough.
Usage notes
  • The noun hosta refers to the condition or disease, not to a single cough (see hostning) or bout of coughing (see hostanfall).
Declension
Declension of hosta 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative hosta hostan — —
Genitive hostas hostans — —
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish hōsta, from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną.

Verb

hosta (present hostar, preterite hostade, supine hostat, imperative hosta)

  1. to cough
Conjugation
Conjugation of hosta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive hosta —
Supine hostat —
Imperative hosta —
Imper. plural1 hosten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative hostar hostade — —
Ind. plural1 hosta hostade — —
Subjunctive2 hoste hostade — —
Participles
Present participle hostande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

Anagrams

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

hosta

  1. to rub
  2. to massage

Inflection

Inflection of hosta (inflection type 20/oppida)
1st infinitive hosta
present indic. hosib
past indic. hosi
present
indicative 		past
indicative 		imperative
1st singular hosin hosin —
2nd singular hosid hosid hosi
3rd singular hosib hosi hoskaha
1st plural hosim hosim hoskam
2nd plural hosit hosit hoskat
3rd plural hostas
hosiba 		hosiba hoskaha
sing. conneg.1 hosi hosind hosi
plur. conneg. hoskoi hosnugoi hoskoi
present
conditional 		past
conditional 		potential
1st singular hosižin hosnuižin hosnen
2nd singular hosižid hosnuižid hosned
3rd singular hosiži hosnuiži hosneb
1st plural hosižim hosnuižim hosnem
2nd plural hosižit hosnuižit hosnet
3rd plural hosižiba hosnuižiba hosneba
connegative hosiži hosnuiži hosne
non-finite forms
1st infinitive hosta
2nd infinitive 3rd infinitive
inessive hostes inessive hosmas
instructive hosten illative hosmaha
participles elative hosmaspäi
present active hosii adessive hosmal
past active hosnu abessive hosmat
past passive hostud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

References

Wikious
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