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Webster 1913 Edition
Tost
Tost
,imp.
& p.
p.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tost
TOST
, pret. and pp. of toss. In a troubled sea of passion tost.
Definition 2024
tost
tost
See also: tôt
English
Verb
tost
- (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of toss
- Sir William Scott, The Lady of the Lake, 1810
- A wanderer, here by fortune tost […]
- Sir William Scott, The Lady of the Lake, 1810
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin tostum, the neuter of tostus. Cognate with French tôt, Italian tosto.
Adverb
tost
- (archaic or dialectal) soon
Synonyms
Irish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪ˠɔsˠt̪ˠ/
Noun
tost m (genitive singular tosta, nominative plural tostanna)
- silence
- Bí i do thost!
- Be silent!, Be quiet!, Shut up!
- Is binn béal ina thost.
- A silent mouth is sweet.
- Bí i do thost!
- verbal noun of tost
Declension
Declension of tost
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Verb
tost (present analytic tostann, future analytic tostfaidh, verbal noun tost, past participle tosta)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | tostaim | tostann tú; tostair† |
tostann sé, sí | tostaimid | tostann sibh | tostann siad; tostaid† |
a thostann; a thostas / a dtostann*; a dtostas* |
tostar |
| past | thost mé; thostas | thost tú; thostais | thost sé, sí | thostamar; thost muid | thost sibh; thostabhair | thost siad; thostadar | a thost / ar thost* |
tostadh | |
| past habitual | thostainn | thostá | thostadh sé, sí | thostaimis; thostadh muid | thostadh sibh | thostaidís; thostadh siad | a thostadh / ar thostadh* |
thostaí | |
| future | tostfaidh mé; tostfad |
tostfaidh tú; tostfair† |
tostfaidh sé, sí | tostfaimid; tostfaidh muid |
tostfaidh sibh | tostfaidh siad; tostfaid† |
a thostfaidh; a thostfas / a dtostfaidh*; a dtostfas* |
tostfar | |
| conditional | thostfainn | thostfá | thostfadh sé, sí | thostfaimis; thostfadh muid | thostfadh sibh | thostfaidís; thostfadh siad | a thostfadh / ar thostfadh* |
thostfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go dtosta mé; go dtostad† |
go dtosta tú; go dtostair† |
go dtosta sé, sí | go dtostaimid; go dtosta muid |
go dtosta sibh | go dtosta siad; go dtostaid† |
— | go dtostar |
| past | dá dtostainn | dá dtostá | dá dtostadh sé, sí | dá dtostaimis; dá dtostadh muid |
dá dtostadh sibh | dá dtostaidís; dá dtostadh siad |
— | dá dtostaí | |
| imperative | tostaim | tost | tostadh sé, sí | tostaimis | tostaigí; tostaidh† |
tostaidís | — | tostar | |
| verbal noun | tost | ||||||||
| past participle | tosta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tost | thost | dtost |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “tost” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- “tostaim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911
Old French
Etymology
Possibly from Latin tot (“very”) + cito (“fast”), but more likely from Vulgar Latin tostum, from the neuter of Latin tostus (“toasted”), later meaning "hotly, promptly" in Vulgar Latin. Cognate to Italian tosto, Occitan and Catalan tost.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔst/
Adverb
tost
Derived terms
Descendants
- French: tôt
References
- “tot” in An etymological dictionary of the French language, Oxford University Press, 1837.
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