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{{also|gôt|goşt|gos't'|goṣṭ}}
==English==

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{obsolete spelling of|en|ghost}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=1600
|year_published='''2004'''
|edition=reprint
|author=Richard Hakluyt
|title=Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
|chapter=
|url=http://books.google.com.ar/books?id=zS-5j3kLM18C&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=gost&source=bl&ots=4J98HC9j1J&sig=GXlTUrCohZ83UKDITEFTsz-Fvao&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FrkST6O7IZGgtwfa4KD5AQ&sqi=2&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=evylle%20gost&f=false
|genre=
|publisher=Kessinger Publishing
|isbn=9781419178733
|page=68
|passage=... may non evylle '''gost''' entre ne come unto the place that it is inne.}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Century 1911}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=gost|GOTs|GTOs|gots|stog|togs}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
{{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=2}}
From {{inh|enm|ang|gāst}}, from {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*gaist}}, from {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*gaistaz}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|gast|gaast|goost|goste}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|enm|/ɡɔːst/}}
* {{rhymes|enm|ɔːst|s=1}}

====Noun====
{{enm-noun|pl=gostes}}

# a spiritual being; angel, devil, spirit; soul of a dead person
#* {{quote-text|enm|year=1386|author=Chaucer|title=Legend of Good Women
|passage=This nyght my faderes '''gost''' Hath in my slep so sore me tormented.|t=This night my father's ghost has in my sore sleep, so tormented me}}
#* {{RQ:Wakefield Mystery Plays|play=XXVIII|page=346|lines=212–213|passage=The '''gost''' went to hell a pase / whils the cors lay slayn,<br>And broght the sawles from sathanas / for which he suffred payn|t=The spirit went to hell while the body lay slain and brought the souls from Satan, for which he suffered pain.}}
#* {{quote-text|enm|year=1525|title=English Conquest of Ireland
|passage=The dede to areren, yuel '''gostes''' to quethen.|t=The deed being counteracted, evil spirits being banished.}}
# the Holy Ghost
#* ''Goddes '''gost''' is þe geven.'' &mdash; Cleanness, c1400
# A villain, scoundrel; a devil incarnate; a wicked-looking creature
#* ''In þat doynge Paternus the monk semeþ a lewed '''goost'''.'' &mdash; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, 1387
# The soul of man, spiritual nature
#* ''Ȝe cursed '''gostes''', goþ in-to þe pyne of helle!'' &mdash; Seint Ieremie telleþ, c1400
#* ''Lyfe is none quen '''gost''' is lede.'' &mdash; A Stanzaic Life of Christ, 1500
# A spiritual force or insight, a gift of prophecy
#* ''A haþel in þy holde..hatz þe '''gostes''' of God þat gyes alle [[soþ|soþes]].'' &mdash; Cleanness, c1400
# A breath, blowing, wind; God's breath, a spiritual wind; the blowing of storm
#* '''''Gost'''-wynd nedefull is to recouer monnes '''gost''' þat greued is.'' &mdash; A Stanzaic Life of Christ, 1500
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=====Derived terms=====
{{der-top}}
* {{l|enm|gosted}} — endowed with a spirit, immortal
* {{l|enm|gostful}} — like a ghost, ghostly; spiritual
* {{l|enm|gostlihede}}, {{l|enm|gostlihod}} — spiritual conduct, spiritual love, devoutness, piety
* {{l|enm|gostliness}} — spiritual matters, spirituality; devoutness, piety.
* {{l|enm|gostli}} — spiritually
{{der-bottom}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|ghost}}
* {{desc|sco|gaist|gast|ghaist}}
* {{desc|yol|gaast}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=gōst|pos=n|id=MED19121}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|gorst}}

{{cln|enm|terms with quotations}}

==Occitan==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|oc|pro|}}, from {{inh|oc|la|gustus}}, from {{inh|oc|itc-pro|*gustus}}, from {{inh|oc|ine-pro|*ǵéwstus}}. Numerous cognates include Catalan {{m|ca|gust}}, Italian {{m|it|gusto}} and French {{m|fr|goût}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|oc|LL-Q14185 (oci)-Davidgrosclaude-gost.wav}}

===Noun===
{{oc-noun|m}}

# [[taste]] (of food, drink, etc.)

====Derived terms====
* {{l|oc|gostós}}

====See also====
* {{l|oc|tastar}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|sh|sla-pro|*gostь}}, from {{inh|sh|ine-pro|*gʰóstis}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sh|/ɡôːst/|/ɡôst/}}

===Noun===
{{sh-noun|g=m|head=gȏst}}

# [[guest]]
#: ''Svakog '''gosta''' tri dana dosta.'' - [For] every guest three days is enough. (proverb)

====Declension====
{{sh-decl-noun
|gȏst|gȍsti
|gȍsta|gòstijū<br>gòstī
|gȍstu|gòstima
|gȍsta|gȍste
|gȍste|gȍsti
|gȍstu|gòstima
|gȍstom|gòstima
}}

===References===
* {{R:sh:RSHKJ|vol=1|page=542}}
* {{R:sh:HJP|fFZhXxc}}

==Slovene==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|sl|sla-pro|*gostь}}, from {{der|sl|ine-pro|*gʰóstis}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{sl-IPA|gȍst}}

====Noun====
{{sl-noun|gȍst|m-an}}

# [[guest]]

=====Inflection=====
{{sl-decl-noun-m|gòst|gôst|nom_pl=gôstje|nom_pl2=gôsti|a=1}}
{{rfinfl|sl|noun}}<!-- locative plural also gostéh -->

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|sl|sla-pro|*gǫstъ}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{sl-IPA|gọ̑st}}

====Adjective====
{{sl-adj|gọ̑st|gostȇjši}}

# [[dense]]

=====Inflection=====
{{sl-decl-adj|góst}}
{{rfinfl|sl|adjective}}<!-- also góst, gósta, gostó -->

===Further reading===
{{R:sl:FR}}

==Vilamovian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|wym|Wym-gost (wersja Józefa Gary).ogg}}

===Noun===
{{wym-noun|m|pl=gest}}

# [[guest]]

==Zazaki==

===Etymology===
Compare {{cog|fa|گوشت|tr=gušt}}.

===Noun===
{{zza-noun}}

# [[meat]]