kust

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

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: kus

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch cust, from Old Dutch *kust, from Proto-Germanic *kustuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. Equivalent to kiezen (to choose) +‎ -t (verbal noun).

Noun

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kust m (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) a choice, choosing
  2. (obsolete) something chosen
Synonyms
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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kust

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

Anagrams

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Estonian

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Adverb

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kust (not comparable)

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

See also

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Ingrian

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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kust

  1. elative singular of kuka: whence?

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kust

  1. partitive singular of kusi

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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kust

  1. past indicative connegative singular of kussa

Participle

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kust

  1. past active participle of kussa
Declension
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Declension of kust (type 14/olt, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kust kusseet
genitive kusseen kussein
partitive kussutta kusseita
illative kusseesse kusseisse
inessive kussees kusseis
elative kusseest kusseist
allative kusseelle kusseille
adessive kusseel kusseil
ablative kusseelt kusseilt
translative kusseeks kusseiks
essive kusseenna, kusseen kusseinna, kussein
exessive1) kusseent kusseint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

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

Latvian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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kust (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present 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

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Derived terms

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prefixed verbs:

Verb

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kust

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of kustēt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of kustēt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of kustēt

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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kust c

  1. a coast (shoreline)

Declension

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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