fost
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
fost
Etymology 2
Blend of fos (“liquid excrement”) + poszt (“post”), modeled on English shitpost (from shit + -post).
Noun
fost (plural fostok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | fost | fostok |
| accusative | fostot | fostokat |
| dative | fostnak | fostoknak |
| instrumental | fosttal | fostokkal |
| causal-final | fostért | fostokért |
| translative | fosttá | fostokká |
| terminative | fostig | fostokig |
| essive-formal | fostként | fostokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | fostban | fostokban |
| superessive | foston | fostokon |
| adessive | fostnál | fostoknál |
| illative | fostba | fostokba |
| sublative | fostra | fostokra |
| allative | fosthoz | fostokhoz |
| elative | fostból | fostokból |
| delative | fostról | fostokról |
| ablative | fosttól | fostoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
fosté | fostoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
fostéi | fostokéi |
| Possessive forms of fost | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | fostom | fostjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | fostod | fostjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | fostja | fostjai |
| 1st person plural | fostunk | fostjaink |
| 2nd person plural | fostotok | fostjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | fostjuk | fostjaik |
Etymology
From f’ + wast (now obsolete), from Arabic فِي وَسْط (fī wasṭ, “in middle [of]”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
fost
- among
- 2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 6:
- Sadattant, mal-medda tas-snin dan l-antagoniżmu anti-Semitiku baqa’ dejjem jiżdied, anki fost il-Ġermaniżi.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Inflection
| Inflected forms of fost | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||
| 1st person | fosti | fostna | |||
| 2nd person | fostok | fostkom | |||
| 3rd person | fostu | fostha | fosthom | ||
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Etymology
Past participle of fi. Probably formed from fuse, the simple perfect tense, as with *post (pus) from puse for the verb pune.
Pronunciation
Participle
fost (past participle of fi)
- past participle of fi; been
- Am fost la București.
- I have been to Bucharest.
Adjective
fost m or n (feminine singular fostă, masculine plural foști, feminine and neuter plural foste)
- (of someone who had a feature, degree, function, name, etc. which they no longer possess) former
Declension
Noun
fost m (plural foști, feminine equivalent fostă)
Usage notes
When used as a noun, fost is generally used in the definite form fostul.
Declension
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Proper noun
fost f
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