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fost

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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fos +‎ -t

Noun

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fost

  1. accusative singular of fos

Etymology 2

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Blend of fos (liquid excrement) +‎ poszt (post), modeled on English shitpost (from shit +‎ -post).

Noun

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fost (plural fostok)

  1. (Reddit slang) shitpost (worthless or superficially meaningless post)
Declension
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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

Maltese

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Root
w-s-t
4 terms

Etymology

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From f’ +‎ wast (now obsolete), from Arabic فِي وَسْط (fī wasṭ, in middle [of]).

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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fost

  1. 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

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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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Past participle of fi. Probably formed from fuse, the simple perfect tense, as with *post (pus) from puse for the verb pune.

Pronunciation

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Participle

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fost (past participle of fi)

  1. past participle of fi; been
    Am fost la București.
    I have been to Bucharest.

Adjective

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fost m or n (feminine singular fostă, masculine plural foști, feminine and neuter plural foste)

  1. (of someone who had a feature, degree, function, name, etc. which they no longer possess) former

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite fost fostă foști foste
definite fostul fosta foștii fostele
genitive-
dative
indefinite fost foste foști foste
definite fostului fostei foștilor fostilor

Noun

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fost m (plural foști, feminine equivalent fostă)

  1. ex-boyfriend

Usage notes

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When used as a noun, fost is generally used in the definite form fostul.

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative fost fostul foști foștii
genitive-dative fost fostului foști foștilor
vocative fostule foștilor

Vilamovian

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Proper noun

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fost f

  1. Lent