kest
See also: kést
English
Verb
kest (third-person singular simple present kests, present participle kesting, simple past and past participle kest)
- Obsolete spelling of cast
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 42:
- Adowne he kest it with so puissant wrest, / That backe againe it did aloft rebownd, / And gaue against his mother earth a gronefull sownd.
Estonian
Etymology
Possibly same root as in kesi, from Proto-Finnic *keci.
Inflection
Declension of kest (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kest | kestad |
| genitive | kesta | kestade |
| partitive | kesta | kesti kestasid |
| illative | kesta kestasse |
kestadesse kestisse |
| inessive | kestas | kestades kestis |
| elative | kestast | kestadest kestist |
| allative | kestale | kestadele kestile |
| adessive | kestal | kestadel kestil |
| ablative | kestalt | kestadelt kestilt |
| translative | kestaks | kestadeks kestiks |
| terminative | kestani | kestadeni |
| essive | kestana | kestadena |
| abessive | kestata | kestadeta |
| comitative | kestaga | kestadega |
| Notes | 1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type. | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “kest”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
- kest in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
Tocharian B
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