hosta

See also: Hosta, hósta, and hösta

English

Hosta fortunei

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Hosta f, from Serbo-Croatian Host +‎ translingual -a f. Named after Nicolaus Thomas Host, Croatian-Austrian botanist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒstə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊ stə/, /ˈhɑs tə/
• Rhymes: -ɒstə

Noun

hosta (plural hostas)

1. Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.

   Synonyms: giboshi, plantain lily

Further reading

• hosta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hosta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Shota, sotah, Athos, has to, hoast, HOTAS, shoat, shota, HATOs, oaths

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦosta]

Noun

hosta m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of host

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hostet

Verb

hosta

1. inflection of hoste:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /husta/

Verb

hosta (present tense hostar, past tense hosta, past participle hosta, passive infinitive hostast, present participle hostande, imperative hosta/host)

1. to cough

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English host

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoʊsta/, /hɔsta/

Verb

hosta (present tense hostar, past tense hosta, past participle hosta, passive infinitive hostast, present participle hostande, imperative hosta/host)

1. (computing) to host

References

• “hosta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną.

Verb

hōsta

1. to cough

Conjugation

Conjugation of hōsta (weak)

	present			past
infinitive	hōsta			—
participle	hōstandi, -e			hōstaþer
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	hōstar	hōsti, -e	—	hōstaþi, -e	hōstaþi, -e
þū	hōstar	hōsti, -e	hōsta	hōstaþi, -e	hōstaþi, -e
han	hōstar	hōsti, -e	—	hōstaþi, -e	hōstaþi, -e
vīr	hōstum, -om	hōstum, -om	hōstum, -om	hōstaþum, -om	hōstaþum, -om
īr	hōstin	hōstin	hōstin	hōstaþin	hōstaþin
þēr	hōsta	hōstin	—	hōstaþu, -o	hōstaþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	hōstas	hōstis, -es	—	hōstaþis, -es	hōstaþis, -es
þū	hōstas	hōstis, -es	—	hōstaþis, -es	hōstaþis, -es
han	hōstas	hōstis, -es	—	hōstaþis, -es	hōstaþis, -es
vīr	hōstums, -oms	hōstums, -oms	—	hōstaþums, -oms	hōstaþums, -oms
īr	hōstins	hōstins	—	hōstaþins	hōstaþins
þēr	hōstas	hōstins	—	hōstaþus, -os	hōstaþins

Descendants

• Swedish: hosta

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• husta

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Slovene hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.

Noun

hosta f (Cyrillic spelling хоста)

1. (Kajkavian) forest

   Synonyms: (standard) šuma; (archaic) gvozd

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xóːsta/

Noun

họ̑sta f

1. scrub (3.)
2. forest

Inflection

The diacritics 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

Further reading

• “hosta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hōsta, probably from the oblique case of Old Norse hósti, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô.

Noun

hosta c

1. a cough (condition/disease)

   Mamma hade fått en envis hosta.

   Mom had contracted a stubborn cough.

Usage notes

• The noun hosta refers to the condition or disease, not to a single cough (see hostning) or bout of coughing (see hostanfall).

Declension

Declension of hosta

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hosta	hostas
	definite	hostan	hostans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• hostanfall

Related terms

• host
• hostning

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish hōsta, from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną.

Verb

hosta (present hostar, preterite hostade, supine hostat, imperative hosta)

1. to cough

Conjugation

Conjugation of hosta (weak)

	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	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	hostande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• hosta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hosta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hosta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• hotas

Veps

Etymology

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Verb

hosta

1. to rub
2. to massage

Inflection

Inflection of hosta (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.

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “массажировать, натирать, тереть”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika