Contionary:dost

Niemish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɔst/

Etymology

From Post-Gothic *dáuþida. This supplanted Gothic dáuþus due to syncope of unstressed short vowels and extended Thurneysen's law rendering Gothic dáuþs ("dead") homophonous with it. A similar homophony also arose in Dutch dood, but no compensatory replacement word was created there.

Noun

⁰ dòst n.f. zero-stem

1. death
2. deadness, the state of being dead

Declension

declension of dòst (f-0h declension)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dòst	dòsta	dòsts	dòstos
genitive	dòsts	dòstos	dòsta	dòstsa
dative	dòste	dòstse	dòstą	dòstę

Antonyms

• kiúwe ("life")

Related terms

• dóth ("dead")
• dòstlòs ("immortal")