different between dost vs nost

English

Etymology

From do +? -st.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?st/
• Homophone: dust
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

dost

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of do

Usage notes

Doth and dost are generally used as auxiliary verbs; doeth and doest are generally used as main verbs.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:dost.

Related terms

Anagrams

• DOTs, DTOs, TODs, dots, stod, stød, tods

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ????? (dôst).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dost]

Noun

dost (definite accusative dostu, plural dostlar)

1. friend

   Synonym: r?fiq

Declension

Derived terms

• dostluq (“friendship”)
• dost-tan?? (“friends and acquaintances”)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Persian ?????.

Noun

dost

1. friend

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dost/

Adverb

dost

1. enough
2. pretty, rather

Further reading

• dost in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• dost in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Persian ????? (dôst).

Noun

dost ?

1. friend

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Clipping of dosta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dôst/

Adverb

dost (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (colloquial) enough, sufficiently
2. (colloquial) lots of, plenty of
3. (colloquial) rather, quite (+ adjective or adverb)

Synonyms

• dosta

Turkish

Etymology

From Persian ????? (dust).

Noun

dost (definite accusative dostu, plural dostlar)

1. friend (often, arkada? is used instead of dost)

   Synonym: (informal) kanka

2. paramour; an illicit male or female lover

   Synonyms: (a female paramour) metres, (slang) zamazingo

Declension

Antonyms

• dü?man

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• arkada?

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?st/

Adjective

dost

1. Soft mutation of tost.

Mutation

Zazaki

Etymology

From Persian ????? (dôst).

Noun

dost ?

1. friend

   Synonyms: olboz, ombaz

Latvian

Adverb

nost

1. away

   Rokas nost!

   Hands off!

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English n?st, second person singular indicative of Old English nytan (“to not know”).

Contraction

nost

1. Contraction of ne wost; wost not; knowest not.

   þu nost wanne crist ure drikte

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

References

• “witen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.