móst

See also: most, Most, mōst, mošt, and -most

Lower Sorbian

móst

Alternative forms

• most (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mostъ (“bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɨst/, /mɛst/, (dated) /mʊst/

Noun

móst m inan (diminutive mósćik)

1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)

Declension

Declension of móst

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	móst	mósta	mósty
Genitive	mósta	móstowu	móstow
Dative	móstoju	móstoma	móstam
Accusative	móst	mósta	mósty
Instrumental	móstom	móstoma	móstami
Locative	mósće	móstoma	móstach

Derived terms

• mósćišćo n (“very large bridge”)
• mósćiś impf (“to bridge”)
• móstaŕ m (“bridge dweller; bridge guard”)
• móstnica f (“bridge wood”)
• móstownica f (“bridge wood”)
• móstowy (“pertaining to bridges”, adjective)
• mósty pl (“scaffolding”)

 

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “móst”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “móst”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag