Noun: hosta
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | hosta |
| Sg. Def. | hostan |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | hostas |
| Sg. Def. | hostans |
Sample Sentences
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Mamma hade fått en envis hosta. (Mom had contracted a stubborn cough.)
Nouns inflected like hosta
kålrabbi,
assamesiska,
kundservice,
livsglädje,
farmakologi,
urologi,
urofili,
snöyra,
uppståndelse,
smegma,
skälva,
sodomi,
javanska,
sharia,
skumpa,
förintelseförnekelse,
upplysningsfilosofi,
kristallografi,
krimtatariska,
gerontofili, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Swedish hōsta, probably from the oblique case of Old Norse hósti, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô. See: Old Norse Nouns '
hósti'.
Verbs referencing "hosta"
English Nouns
hoast.
Translations
cough, push air from the lungs
cough, make a noise like a cough