hosť

See also: host, Host, höst, hőst, and høst

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦosc]

Verb

hosť

1. second-person singular imperative of hostit

   Synonym: hosti

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gostь. First attested in 1473.

Noun

hosť m pers

1. foreigner; immigrant
2. guest, visitor (recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another)
3. guest (patron at an inn)

Descendants

• Pannonian Rusyn: госц (hosc)
• Slovak: hosť

References

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “hosť”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak hosť, from Proto-Slavic *gostь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦɔsc]

Noun

hosť m pers (female equivalent (rare) hostka or host)

1. guest

Declension

Declension of hosť (pattern kosť)

	singular	plural
nominative	hosť	hosti
genitive	hosti	hosťov, hostí
dative	hosti	hostiam
accusative	hosť	hosťov, hostí
locative	hosti	hostiach
instrumental	hosťou	hosťami

Related terms

• hostiť
• hostiteľ
• hostina
• hostinec
• nehostinný
• pohostinstvo

Further reading

• “hosť”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024