prost

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

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from German prost.

Interjection

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprost]

Adjective

prost

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

Synonyms

  • oproštěn

Gagauz

Cyrillic прост

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian prost, from Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prost/

Adjective

prost (comparative taa prost, superlative en prost)

  1. bad, awful
    Synonyms: kötü, bet
  2. heavy, hard, difficult
    Synonyms: aar, zor, güç, fena

Adverb

prost

  1. bad, awful
    Synonyms: kötü, bet
    pek prost geçti!it went awful

Noun

prost (definite accusative prostu, plural prostlar)

  1. idiot, fool
    Synonyms: aamak, akılsız, fikirsiz, başsız, kafasız, dunduk, budala, dangalak, nauk, ilinkafalı, yımışak kafalı, boş kafalı

Declension

Declension of prost
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) prost prostlar
definite accusative (belirtme) prostu prostları
dative (yönelme) prosta prostlara
locative (bulunma) prostta prostlarda
ablative (çıkma) prosttan prostlardan
genitive (tamlayan) prostun prostların

Derived terms

  • prost olmaa
  • prostetmää
  • prostluk

Further reading

  • Çebotar, Petri, Dron, Ion (2002) Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 541

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /pʁoːst/
  • Audio:(file)

Interjection

prost!

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

Derived terms

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. a dean

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. a dean

References

Plautdietsch

Adjective

prost

  1. offensive, in bad taste, in poor taste

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prost/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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

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

Adverb

prost

  1. poorly, badly
    Synonym: rău

Noun

prost m (plural proști, feminine equivalent proastă)

  1. fool, idiot

Declension

Declension of prost
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative prost prostul proști proștii
genitive-dative prost prostului proști proștilor
vocative prostule proștilor

Descendants

  • Gagauz: prost

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prôst/

Adjective

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

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

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɔ́st/

Adjective

prȍst (not comparable)

  1. free (without restrain, bounds)

Declension

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
genitive
anim
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

  • prost”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

prost c

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

Declension

References

Anagrams