Nominal Forms
| Infinitive | kost |
| Negative Infinitive | nekost |
| Verbal Noun | košana |
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | kožu |
| Sg.2 | kod |
| Sg.3 | kož |
| Pl.1 | kožam |
| Pl.2 | kožat |
| Pl.3 | kož |
Past
| Sg.1 | kodu |
| Sg.2 | kodi |
| Sg.3 | koda |
| Pl.1 | kodām |
| Pl.2 | kodāt |
| Pl.3 | koda |
Future
| Sg.1 | kodīšu |
| Sg.2 | kodīsi |
| Sg.3 | kodīs |
| Pl.1 | kodīsim |
| Pl.2 | kodīsit |
| Pl.3 | kodīs |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | kod |
| Sg.3 | lai kož |
| Pl.1 | kodīsim |
| Pl.2 | kodiet |
| Pl.3 | lai kož |
Conditional
| Present | kostu |
| Past | būtu kodis |
Renarrative
| Present | kožot |
| Past | esot kodis |
| Future | kodīšot |
| Imperative | lai kožot |
Debitive
| Indicative | būt jākož |
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jākož |
| Conjunctive 2 | jākožot |
Participles
| Present Active 1 | kodošs |
| Present Active 2 | kozdams |
| Present Active 3 | kožot |
| Present Active 4 | kožam |
| Past Active | kodis |
| Present Passive | kožams |
| Past Passive | kosts |
Etymology
From *kansti, from Proto-Baltic *kand-t(e)i, from an ablauted form *kond- of Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to rub, to scratch, to scrape”) (whence also kniest (“to itch”), q.v.) with an extra -d. Cognates include Lithuanian ką́sti, Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ (Old Church Slavonic кѫсъ (kǫsŭ), Russian кус (kus, “mouthful”), кусать (kusatʹ, “to bite, to sting”), Bulgarian къ́сам (kắsam, “to bite, to sting”), Czech kousati, Polish kąsać (“to bite, to sting”)), Sanskrit खादति (khā́dati, “to bite, to eat”), Ancient Greek κνώδοντες (knṓdontes, “metal teeth on sword”). See: Polish '
kąsać', Sanskrit '
खादति'.
Verbs referencing "kost"
Lithuanian
kąsti.
Translations
bite, to cut into by clamping the teeth
bite, to hold something by clamping one’s teeth
gnaw, to bite something persistently