гост

See also: ГОСТ and гость

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gostь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gástis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɔst]

• Audio:

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Noun

гост • (gost) m (feminine го́стенка)

1. guest (recipient of hospitality)
2. guest (invited performer)

Declension

	singular	plural
indefinite	гост gost	го́сти, го́сте1 gósti, góste1
definite (subject form)	го́стът góstǎt	го́стите, го́стете1 góstite, góstete1
definite (object form)	го́ста gósta
vocative form	го́сте góste	го́сти, го́сте1 gósti, góste1

Declension of гост

¹Dialectal.

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gostь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gástis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɔst]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

гост • (gost) m (plural гости)

1. guest

   Synonym: гостин (gostin)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gostь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gástis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡôːst/, /ɡôst/

Noun

го̑ст m (Latin spelling gȏst)

1. guest

   Сваког госта три дана доста. - [For] every guest three days is enough. (proverb)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	гост	гости
genitive	госта	гостију
dative	госту	гостима
accusative	госта	госте
vocative	госте	гости
locative	госту	гостима
instrumental	гостом	гостима

Declension of гост

References

• “гост”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 542
• “гост”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025