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Hosta

Hosta

See also: hosta, hósta, and hösta

Translingual

Hosta plantaginea

Proper noun

Hosta f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – the hostas, native to temperate northeast Asia.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

hosta

hosta

See also: Hosta, hósta, and hösta

English

Hosta fortunei

Noun

hosta ‎(plural hostas)

  1. Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta: a plantain lily.

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Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

hosta

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

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

hōsta

  1. to cough

Conjugation

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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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • husta

Etymology

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

Noun

hosta f

  1. (Kajkavian) forest

Synonyms

Slovene

Etymology

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

Noun

hósta f ‎(genitive hóste, nominative plural hóste)

  1. scrub
  2. forest

Declension

References

  • “hosta” in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU - portal Fran
  • “hosta” in Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika, 1970-1991, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša: Ljubljana

Swedish

Pronunciation

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
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Verb

hosta

  1. to cough
Conjugation

Veps

Verb

hosta

  1. to rub
  2. to massage

Inflection

Inflection
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 ?
1st plural hosim hosim hoskam
2nd plural hosit hosit hoskat
3rd plural hostas
hosiba 		hosiba ?
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

References

Etymology

New Latin after Nicholas Thomas Host +‎ -a

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