Contionary:dost

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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

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