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Hosta
Hosta
Translingual
Proper noun
Hosta f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – the hostas, native to temperate northeast Asia.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Asparagales - order; Asparagaceae - family; Agavoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): See
Hosta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies for the species
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English
Hosta fortunei
Noun
hosta (plural hostas)
- Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta: a plantain lily.
External links
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hosta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- hosta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną.
Verb
hōsta
- 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
- Swedish: hosta
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- husta
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Slovene hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.
Noun
hosta f
Synonyms
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.
Noun
hósta f (genitive hóste, nominative plural hóste)
Declension
Declension of hósta (feminine, a-stem)
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
- a cough
Declension
Declension of hosta
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish hōsta, from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną.
Verb
hosta
- to cough
Conjugation
Conjugation of hosta
Veps
Verb
hosta
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
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “массажировать, натирать, тереть”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika