See -est in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Appendix:Glossary#second person"
],
[
"singular",
"Appendix:Glossary#singular"
],
[
"present tense",
"Appendix:Glossary#present tense"
],
[
"past tense",
"Appendix:Glossary#past tense"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, dialectal) Used to form the second-person singular present tense and past tense of verbs. (if thou is the subject; not used with you)"
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dialectal",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "ĭst",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪst/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
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},
{
"enpr": "əst",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əst/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "-'st"
},
{
"word": "-st"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-eš"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-íš"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-áš"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-t"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-t"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "for regular -er verbs",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-es"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "for regular -ir verb",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-is"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "for most -re verbs",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-s"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-st"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-sz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-d"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-l"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "broad synthetic form, 1st conjugation",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-air"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "slender synthetic form, 1st conjugation",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ir"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "broad synthetic form, 2nd conjugation",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-aír"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "slender synthetic form, 2nd conjugation",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ír"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"roman": "for regular -are and -ere verbs and for those -ire verbs that don't take -isc-",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-i"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-as"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-es"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-is"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-s"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-esz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-isz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ysz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-asz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "1st conjugation",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-as"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "2nd and 3rd conjugation",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-es"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "most verbs",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-i"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "some 1st conjugation verbs",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ezi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "some 4th conjugation verbs",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ești"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-ešʹ",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ешь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-jóšʹ",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ёшь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-išʹ",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ишь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-ašʹ",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ашь"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-as"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-es"
}
],
"word": "-est"
}
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"section": "English",
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"title": "-est",
"trace": ""
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