kust

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See also: kūst, Kūst, Küst, küşt, and куст

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʏst/
  • Rhymes: -ʏst
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kust

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch cost, from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side”), cognate with English coast, German Küste, French côte etc.

Noun

kust f (plural kusten, diminutive kustje n)

  1. the shoreline
  2. the coast, seaside
  3. a coastal region
  4. (obsolete, figuratively) a border, seem, edge, fringe etc.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kus

Further reading

  • “kust” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch cust, from Old Dutch *kust, from Proto-Germanic *kustuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. Equivalent to kiezen (“to choose”) +‎ -t (“verbal noun”).

Noun

kust m (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) a choice, choosing
  2. (obsolete) something chosen
Synonyms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kust

  1. inflection of kussen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Anagrams

Estonian

Adverb

kust (not comparable)

  1. (interrogative) where ... from
  2. (relative) where ... from

See also

Estonian deictic adverbs
proximal distal interrogative
motion towards siia sinna kuhu
location inside siin seal kus
motion from siit sealt kust

Ingrian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

kust

  1. elative singular of kuka: whence?

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

kust

  1. partitive singular of kusi

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

kust

  1. past indicative connegative singular of kussa

Participle

kust

  1. past active participle of kussa
Declension
Declension of kust (type 14/olt, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kust kusseet
genitive kusseen kussein
partitive kussutta kusseita
illative kusseesse kusseisse
inessive kussees kusseis
elative kusseest kusseist
allative kusseelle kusseille
adessive kusseel kusseil
ablative kusseelt kusseilt
translative kusseeks kusseiks
essive kusseenna, kusseen kusseinna, kussein
exessive1) kusseent kusseint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 223

Latvian

Pronunciation

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Verb

kust (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present kūstu, kūsti, kūst, past kusu)

  1. to thaw
    Ledus kūst. ― The ice thaws.
    Sniegs sāka kust. ― Snow's beginning to thaw.
  2. to melt
  3. to smelt

Conjugation

conjugation of kust
INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) IMPERATIVE
(pavēles izteiksme)
Present
(tagadne) 		Past
(pagātne) 		Future
(nākotne)
1st pers. sg. es kūstu kusu kusīšu —
2nd pers. sg. tu kūsti kusi kusīsi kūsti
3rd pers. sg. viņš, viņa kūst kusa kusīs lai kūst
1st pers. pl. mēs kūstam kusām kusīsim kusīsim
2nd pers. pl. jūs kūstat kusāt kusīsiet,
kusīsit 		kūstiet
3rd pers. pl. viņi, viņas kūst kusa kusīs lai kūst
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present kūstot Present Active 1 (Adj.) kūstošs
Past esot kusis Present Active 2 (Adv.) kusdams
Future kusīšot Present Active 3 (Adv.) kūstot
Imperative lai kūstot Present Active 4 (Obj.) kūstam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) Past Active kusis
Present kustu Present Passive —
Past būtu kusis Past Passive —
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative (būt) jākūst Infinitive (nenoteiksme) kust
Conjunctive 1 esot jākūst Negative Infinitive nekust
Conjunctive 2 jākūstot Verbal noun kušana

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:

Verb

kust

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of kustēt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of kustēt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of kustēt

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

kust c

  1. a coast (shoreline)

Declension

Declension of kust
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kust kusts
definite kusten kustens
plural indefinite kuster kusters
definite kusterna kusternas

Further reading

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