-ost

== Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech -ost, from Proto-Slavic *-ostь; compare Old Church Slavonic -ость (-ostĭ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ ost] === Suffix === -ost f (noun-forming suffix) -ness: from adjectives, forms nouns indicating a property ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === -ost in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017 == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ost/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *-ōst, from Proto-Germanic *-ōstaz. ==== Alternative forms ==== -ast, -est, -ist, -ust ==== Suffix ==== -ost Used to form superlative adjectives and adverbs ‎dēop (“deep”) + ‎-ost → ‎dēopost (“deepest”) ‎nytt (“useful”) + ‎-ost → ‎nyttost (“most useful”) ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: -est, -ist, -yst, -ast (especially Northern)English: -estMiddle Scots: -ast, -estScots: -est === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -ost alternative form of -est == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ostь; compare Old Church Slavonic -ость (-ostĭ). === Suffix === -ost (Cyrillic spelling -ост) Appended to adjectives and verbs to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a feature or quality. Similar to -oća. ==== Derived terms ==== == Slovene == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *-ostь. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-ɔst/, /-óːst/ === Suffix === -ost or -ọ̑st f Forms abstract nouns from adjectives, denoting a quality. ==== Derived terms ====