hósti

See also: hosti

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hósti, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoustɪ/

Noun

hósti m (genitive singular hósta, nominative plural hóstar)

1. cough

Declension

Declension of hósti (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hósti	hóstinn	hóstar	hóstarnir
accusative	hósta	hóstann	hósta	hóstana
dative	hósta	hóstanum	hóstum	hóstunum
genitive	hósta	hóstans	hósta	hóstanna

Derived terms

• kíghósti (“whooping cough”)