rosta

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See also: rósta, ròsta, rösta, and Rosťa

Breton

Etymology

From rost.

Verb

rosta

  1. to roast

Catalan

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rosta

  1. feminine singular of rost

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to rostir.

Pronunciation

Noun

rosta f (plural rostes)

  1. fried bacon
  2. fried bread
  3. (in the plural) rillettes
Derived terms

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

Verb

rosta

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of růst

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian rešeto.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

rosta (plural rosták)

  1. riddle, sifter, sieve (a device to separate larger objects from smaller objects)
  2. screening (the process of filtering out the less acceptable quality from something)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rosta rosták
accusative rostát rostákat
dative rostának rostáknak
instrumental rostával rostákkal
causal-final rostáért rostákért
translative rostává rostákká
terminative rostáig rostákig
essive-formal rostaként rostákként
essive-modal
inessive rostában rostákban
superessive rostán rostákon
adessive rostánál rostáknál
illative rostába rostákba
sublative rostára rostákra
allative rostához rostákhoz
elative rostából rostákból
delative rostáról rostákról
ablative rostától rostáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
rostáé rostáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
rostáéi rostákéi
Possessive forms of rosta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rostám rostáim
2nd person sing. rostád rostáid
3rd person sing. rostája rostái
1st person plural rostánk rostáink
2nd person plural rostátok rostáitok
3rd person plural rostájuk rostáik

Synonyms

Derived terms

(Compound words):

References

  1. ^ rosta in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • rosta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Lombardic *hrousta.

Pronunciation

Noun

rosta f (plural roste)

  1. a bundle of twigs used as a fan (especially to drive away flies)
  2. a tangle of foliage that hinders the way

Derived terms

Further reading

  • rosta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

rosta

  1. inflection of rostir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

rost (1. rust; 2. gridiron, grill) +‎ -a

Verb

rosta (present rostar, preterite rostade, supine rostat, imperative rosta)

  1. to rust
  2. to heat without fat or water; to roast, to toast
    rostat bröd
    toasted bread (toast)

Conjugation

Anagrams

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian roggia

Noun

rosta f (plural roste)

  1. sluice, weir (or similar artificial canal etc.)