Borrowed fromtranslingualHosta f, fromSerbo-CroatianHost +translingual-a f. Named afterNicolaus Thomas Host, Croatian-Austrian botanist.
hosta (pluralhostas)
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Inherited fromOld Norsehósta, fromProto-Germanic*hwōstōną
hosta (present tensehostar,past tensehosta,past participlehosta,passive infinitivehostast,present participlehostande,imperativehosta/host)
hosta (present tensehostar,past tensehosta,past participlehosta,passive infinitivehostast,present participlehostande,imperativehosta/host)
FromOld Norsehósta, fromProto-Germanic*hwōstōną.
hōsta
Inherited fromProto-Slavic*xvȍstъ. CompareSlovenehosta(“forest”),Czechchvost.
hosta f (Cyrillic spellingхоста)
FromProto-Slavic*xvȍstъ. CompareSerbo-Croatianhosta(“forest”),Czechchvost.
họ̑sta f
 | Thediacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | hósta | ||
| gen. sing. | hóste | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | hósta | hósti | hóste |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | hóste | hóst | hóst |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | hósti | hóstama | hóstam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | hósto | hósti | hóste |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | hósti | hóstah | hóstah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | hósto | hóstama | hóstami |
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FromOld Swedishhōsta, probably from the oblique case ofOld Norsehósti, fromProto-Germanic*hwōstô.
hosta c
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | hosta | hostas |
| definite | hostan | hostans | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
FromOld Swedishhōsta, fromOld Norsehósta, fromProto-Germanic*hwōstōną.
hosta (presenthostar,preteritehostade,supinehostat,imperativehosta)
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hosta | — | ||
| supine | hostat | — | ||
| imperative | hosta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | hosten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | hostar | hostade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | hosta | hostade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | hoste | hostade | — | — |
| present participle | hostande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic.2 Dated. Seethe appendix on Swedish verbs.
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
hosta
| Inflection ofhosta (inflection type 20/oppida) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | hoskaha |
| 1st plural | hosim | hosim | hoskam |
| 2nd plural | hosit | hosit | hoskat |
| 3rd plural | hostas hosiba | hosiba | hoskaha |
| 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 | ||
| 1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons. | |||
