kust

See also: kūst, Kūst, Küst, küşt, and куст

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʏst/
  • Rhymes: -ʏst
  • kust(file)
  • Hyphenation: kust

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cost, from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side”), cognate with English coast, German Küste, French côte etc.

Noun

kust f (plural kusten, diminutive kustje n)

  1. The shoreline
  2. The coast, seaside
  3. A coastal region
  4. (obsolete, figuratively) A border, seem, edge, fringe etc.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kus

Further reading
  • “kust” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch cust, from Old Dutch *kust, from Proto-Germanic *kustuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

Noun

kust m (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) a choice, chosing
  2. (obsolete) something chosen
Synonyms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kust

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of kussen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of kussen

Anagrams

Estonian

Adverb

kust

  1. (interrogative) where ... from
  2. (relative) where ... from

See also
Estonian deictic adverbs
proximal distal interrogative
motion towards siia sinna kuhu
location inside siin seal kus
motion from siit sealt kust

Ingrian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

kust

  1. elative singular of kuka: whence?

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

kust

  1. partitive singular of kusi

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 223

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, boil”)

Verb

kust (intr., 1st conj., pres. kūstu, kūsti, kūst, past kusu)

  1. to thaw
    Ledus kūst. ― The ice thaws.
    Sniegs sāka kust. ― Snow's beginning to thaw.
  2. to melt
  3. to smelt

Conjugation
conjugation of kust
INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) IMPERATIVE
(pavēles izteiksme)
Present
(tagadne)		 Past
(pagātne)		 Future
(nākotne)
1st pers. sg. es kūstu kusu kusīšu —
2nd pers. sg. tu kūsti kusi kusīsi kūsti
3rd pers. sg. viņš, viņa kūst kusa kusīs lai kūst
1st pers. pl. mēs kūstam kusām kusīsim kusīsim
2nd pers. pl. jūs kūstat kusāt kusīsiet,
kusīsit		 kūstiet
3rd pers. pl. viņi, viņas kūst kusa kusīs lai kūst
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present kūstot Present Active 1 (Adj.) kūstošs
Past esot kusis Present Active 2 (Adv.) kusdams
Future kusīšot Present Active 3 (Adv.) kūstot
Imperative lai kūstot Present Active 4 (Obj.) kūstam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) Past Active kusis
Present kustu Present Passive —
Past būtu kusis Past Passive —
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative (būt) jākūst Infinitive (nenoteiksme) kust
Conjunctive 1 esot jākūst Negative Infinitive nekust
Conjunctive 2 jākūstot Verbal noun kušana

Derived terms
prefixed verbs:
  • izkust
  • nokust

Verb

kust

  1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of kustēt
  2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of kustēt
  3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of kustēt
  4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of kustēt

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

kust c

  1. a coast (shoreline)

Declension
Declension of kust 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kust kusten kuster kusterna
Genitive kusts kustens kusters kusternas

Further reading

Anagrams
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