ôst

Laefevian

Etymology

From Proto-Laenkean *(h)wostʰos (“ice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔst/
• Rhyme: -ɔst

Noun

ôst (accusative singular ôste, dative singular ôstun, nominative dual ôstund, nominative plural ôstir)

1. ice

Declension

Primary case declension of ôst (see Laefevian declension)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ôst	ôstund	ôstir
accusative	ôste	ôstundi	ôsti
genitive	ôstau	ôstundas	ôstas, ôstiras†
dative	ôstun	ôstundon	ôstirons, ôstonc
locative	ôstul	ôstundos	ôstiross, ôstosc
instrumental	ôstô	ôstundêt	ôstirêts, ôstêtc
Note: † archaic, s standard or formal, c colloquial or informal.

Secondary case declension of ôst (see Laefevian declension)
accusative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
sublative	ôstere	ôstundire	ôstire
illative	ôstele	ôstundile	ôstile
benefactive	ôstear	ôstundiar	ôstiar
prolative	ôstekwe	ôstundikwe	ôstikwe
causal-final	ôstedis	ôstundirris	ôstirris
genitive-based cases	singular	dual	plural
delative	ôstôka	ôstundirka	ôstirka
elative	ôstôtan	ôstundirtan	ôstirtan
ablative	ôstaôn	ôstundiruôn	ôstiruôn
essive	ôstôjøn	ôstundirjøn	ôstirjøn
abessive	ôstôze	ôstundirse	ôstirse
dative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
terminative	ôstumas	ôstundirmas	ôstirmas
lative	ôstunši	ôstundirši	ôstirši
locative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
superessive	ôstuneres, ôstunerc	ôstundirorres, ôstundorrec	ôstirorres, ôstorrec
inessive	ôstulle	ôstundirolles, ôstundollec	ôstirolles, ôstollec
exessive	ôstunun	ôstundirsun	ôstirsun
perlative	ôstuffêl	ôstundirfêl	ôstirfêl
instrumental-based cases	singular	dual	plural
translative	ôstôske	ôstundirêskes, ôstundêskec	ôstirêskes, ôstêskec
comitative	ôstôsôds, ôstôdc	ôstundirtôds, ôstundôdc	ôstirtôd
Note: s standard or formal, c colloquial or informal.

Derived terms

• ôstil (“ice”)
• ôstisož (“icy water, icy air”)
• ôstuirs (“meltwater”)
• ôsturad (“to turn into ice”)
• ôstuskis (“icy”)

Related terms

• fijus (“hail”)
• sunkwe (“icicle”)
• ôukus (“glaze ice”)