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prost

See also: Prost, -prost, and -prost-

Basque

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German prost.

Interjection

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prost

  1. cheers (toast when drinking alcohol)
    • 2002, Felipe Juaristi, Itzarri nahi ez zuen printzesa, Alberdania, →ISBN, page 160:
      Prost! Sarjentuak dantzara atera zuen Justina, eta neskatxak onartu.
      Cheers! The sergeant asked Justina to dance, and the girl accepted.

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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prost

  1. masculine singular nominal predicative of prostý — free (of something), void
    Byl zcela prost jakýchkoliv ambicí.
    He was totally free of any ambitions.

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German

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Etymology

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Contraction (early 18th c.) of prosit (16th c.), from Latin prōsit (“may it be beneficial”). Originally used as a blessing in various contexts, e.g. as a response to sneezing. Remnants of such freer use are prost Mahlzeit and prost Neujahr. Compare Dutch proost.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʁoːst/
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Interjection

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prost!

  1. cheers (the usual toast when drinking alcohol)
    Synonyms: (formal) zum Wohl, (familiar) Stößchen

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse prófasti, prófastr, from Low German [Term?], from Latin propositus, from praepositus.

Noun

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prost m (definite singular prosten, indefinite plural proster, definite plural prostene)

  1. a dean
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse prófasti, prófastr, from Low German [Term?], from Latin propositus, from praepositus.

Noun

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prost m (definite singular prosten, indefinite plural prostar, definite plural prostane)

  1. a dean
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Plautdietsch

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Adjective

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prost

  1. offensive, in bad taste, in poor taste

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic простъ (prostŭ), from Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

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prost m or n (feminine singular proastă, masculine plural proști, feminine and neuter plural proaste)

  1. simple, simple-minded
  2. stupid
  3. poor (of low quality)

Declension

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Declension of prost
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite prost proastă proști proaste
definite prostul proasta proștii proastele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite prost proaste proști proaste
definite prostului proastei proștilor proastelor

Synonyms

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Adverb

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prost

  1. poorly, badly
    Synonym: rău

Noun

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prost m (plural proști, feminine equivalent proastă)

  1. fool, idiot

Declension

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Declension of prost
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) prost prostul (niște) proști proștii
genitive/dative (unui) prost prostului (unor) proști proștilor
vocative prostule proștilor
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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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prȍst (Cyrillic spelling про̏ст, definite prȍstī, comparative prostiji)

  1. common, plain, vulgar, ignoble
  2. simple, easy, uncomplicated
  3. crude, uncivil, impolite, vulgar
  4. (mathematics) prime

Declension

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positive indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative prost prosta prosto
genitive prosta proste prosta
dative prostu prostoj prostu
accusative inanimate
animate 		prost
prosta 		prostu prosto
vocative prost prosta prosto
locative prostu prostoj prostu
instrumental prostim prostom prostim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative prosti proste prosta
genitive prostih prostih prostih
dative prostim(a) prostim(a) prostim(a)
accusative proste proste prosta
vocative prosti proste prosta
locative prostim(a) prostim(a) prostim(a)
instrumental prostim(a) prostim(a) prostim(a)
positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative prosti prosta prosto
genitive prostog(a) proste prostog(a)
dative prostom(u/e) prostoj prostom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		prosti
prostog(a) 		prostu prosto
vocative prosti prosta prosto
locative prostom(e/u) prostoj prostom(e/u)
instrumental prostim prostom prostim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative prosti proste prosta
genitive prostih prostih prostih
dative prostim(a) prostim(a) prostim(a)
accusative proste proste prosta
vocative prosti proste prosta
locative prostim(a) prostim(a) prostim(a)
instrumental prostim(a) prostim(a) prostim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative prostiji prostija prostije
genitive prostijeg(a) prostije prostijeg(a)
dative prostijem(u) prostijoj prostijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		prostiji
prostijeg(a) 		prostiju prostije
vocative prostiji prostija prostije
locative prostijem(u) prostijoj prostijem(u)
instrumental prostijim prostijom prostijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative prostiji prostije prostija
genitive prostijih prostijih prostijih
dative prostijim(a) prostijim(a) prostijim(a)
accusative prostije prostije prostija
vocative prostiji prostije prostija
locative prostijim(a) prostijim(a) prostijim(a)
instrumental prostijim(a) prostijim(a) prostijim(a)
superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najprostiji najprostija najprostije
genitive najprostijeg(a) najprostije najprostijeg(a)
dative najprostijem(u) najprostijoj najprostijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		najprostiji
najprostijeg(a) 		najprostiju najprostije
vocative najprostiji najprostija najprostije
locative najprostijem(u) najprostijoj najprostijem(u)
instrumental najprostijim najprostijom najprostijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najprostiji najprostije najprostija
genitive najprostijih najprostijih najprostijih
dative najprostijim(a) najprostijim(a) najprostijim(a)
accusative najprostije najprostije najprostija
vocative najprostiji najprostije najprostija
locative najprostijim(a) najprostijim(a) najprostijim(a)
instrumental najprostijim(a) najprostijim(a) najprostijim(a)

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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prȍst (not comparable)

  1. free (without restrain, bounds)

Inflection

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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. pròst prôsta prôsto
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative pròst ind
prôsti def 		prôsta prôsto
genitive prôstega prôste prôstega
dative prôstemu prôsti prôstemu
accusative nominativeinan or
genitiveanim 		prôsto prôsto
locative prôstem prôsti prôstem
instrumental prôstim prôsto prôstim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative prôsta prôsti prôsti
genitive prôstih prôstih prôstih
dative prôstima prôstima prôstima
accusative prôsta prôsti prôsti
locative prôstih prôstih prôstih
instrumental prôstima prôstima prôstima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative prôsti prôste prôsta
genitive prôstih prôstih prôstih
dative prôstim prôstim prôstim
accusative prôste prôste prôsta
locative prôstih prôstih prôstih
instrumental prôstimi prôstimi prôstimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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  • “prost”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

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Etymology

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Via German Propst and/or Middle Low German prōvest from Latin prōpositus.

Noun

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prost c

  1. provost: an honorific title for a priest, awarded by the bishop

Declension

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Declension of prost
nominative genitive
singular indefinite prost prosts
definite prosten prostens
plural indefinite prostar prostars
definite prostarna prostarnas
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