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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From Post-Gothic ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃#Gothic|*dáuþ]][[wikt:-𐌹𐌸𐌰#Gothic|ida]]''. Synchronically analysable as ''[[Contionary:dos#Niemish|dós]]'' + ''[[Contionary:-tz#Niemish|-tz]]''.
From Post-Gothic ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃#Gothic|*dáuþ]][[wikt:-𐌹𐌸𐌰#Gothic|ida]]''. This supplanted Gothic ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃#Gothic|dáuþus]]'' due to syncope of unstressed short vowels rendering Gothic ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃#Gothic|dáuþs]]'' ("dead") homophonous with it. A similar homophony also arose in Dutch ''[[wikt:dood#Dutch|dood]]'', but no compensatory replacement word was created there.
{{Nm-noun-f0h|dòst|death
{{Nm-noun-f0h|dòst|death
# deadness, the state of being dead}}
# deadness, the state of being dead}}
===Antonyms===
====Antonyms====
* ''{{term|kiuwe#Niemish|kiúwe}}'' ("life")
* ''{{term|kiuwe#Niemish|kiúwe}}'' ("life")
[[Category:Niemish words suffixed with -e]]
====Related terms====
* ''{{term|doth#Niemish|dóth}}'' ("dead")
* ''{{term|dostlos#Niemish|dòstlòs}}'' ("immortal")
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[[Category:Contionary]]

Latest revision as of 19:32, 18 August 2023

Niemish

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Related terms