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kist

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See also: Kist

English

Etymology 1

Verb

kist

  1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of kiss

Etymology 2

Possibly borrowed from Old Norse kista (“chest”); but see also English cist (“crypt”).

Noun

kist (plural kists)

  1. (Scotland) A chest.
    • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair; 1), page 17:
      the spear he killed the gryphon with was locked in a kist there, or so some said […]
  2. (Scotland) A coffin.
  3. (archaeology) Alternative form of cist (“crypt”)
    • 2020, David Farrier, “The Library of Babel”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN:
      The global library of ice has become a cracked kist, a broken storehouse leaking its contents.

Verb

kist (third-person singular simple present kists, present participle kisting, simple past and past participle kisted)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To place in a coffin.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hindustani قِسْط (qisṭ, “installment”) / क़िस्त (qist), from Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ, literally “quota”).

Noun

kist (plural kists)

  1. (British India) An individual installment of the yearly land revenue.

Further reading

Anagrams

Cornish

Etymology

From Old English cist or Middle English kist. Compare Welsh cist.

Pronunciation

Noun

kist f (plural kistyow)

  1. (container) box
    Synonym: boks

Derived terms

  • jakka y'n gist (“jack-in-the-box”)
  • kist lytherow (“letterbox”)
  • kisten (“small box, cartridge”)
  • kisten baper (“paper cartridge”)
  • kisten danbren (“matchbox”)
  • kisten liwyow (“paint box”)
  • kisten ynk (“ink cartridge”)

Mutation

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Mutation of kist
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kist
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kiste, from Old Dutch *kista, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂.

Noun

kist f or m (plural kisten, diminutive kistje n)

  1. a box, chest
    Synonym: koffer
  2. a coffin
    Synonyms: doodskist, lijkkist
  3. (aviation, informal) an aeroplane
  4. (informal) a boot or large shoe, especially an army boot
Derived terms

- chest types

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kis
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: kesi
  • Negerhollands: kist
  • → Munsee: kusht
  • → Sranan Tongo: kisi
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: kisi
    • → Saramaccan: kési

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kist

  1. inflection of kisten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

kist

  1. A Alternative form of cheste (“chest”).

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кисть (kistʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

kȉst m (Cyrillic spelling ки̏ст)

  1. A brush.

Declension

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Declension of kist
singular plural
nominative kȉst kìstovi
genitive kista kistova
dative kistu kistovima
accusative kist kistove
vocative kiste kistovi
locative kistu kistovima
instrumental kistom kistovima
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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French kyste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcist/
  • Hyphenation: kist

Noun

kist (definite accusative kisti, plural kistler)

  1. (medicine) A cyst.

Declension

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Declension of kist
singular plural
nominative kist kistler
definite accusative kisti kistleri
dative kiste kistlere
locative kistte kistlerde
ablative kistten kistlerden
genitive kistin kistlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular plural
1st singular kistim kistlerim
2nd singular kistin kistlerin
3rd singular kisti kistleri
1st plural kistimiz kistlerimiz
2nd plural kistiniz kistleriniz
3rd plural kistleri kistleri
definite accusative
singular plural
1st singular kistimi kistlerimi
2nd singular kistini kistlerini
3rd singular kistini kistlerini
1st plural kistimizi kistlerimizi
2nd plural kistinizi kistlerinizi
3rd plural kistlerini kistlerini
dative
singular plural
1st singular kistime kistlerime
2nd singular kistine kistlerine
3rd singular kistine kistlerine
1st plural kistimize kistlerimize
2nd plural kistinize kistlerinize
3rd plural kistlerine kistlerine
locative
singular plural
1st singular kistimde kistlerimde
2nd singular kistinde kistlerinde
3rd singular kistinde kistlerinde
1st plural kistimizde kistlerimizde
2nd plural kistinizde kistlerinizde
3rd plural kistlerinde kistlerinde
ablative
singular plural
1st singular kistimden kistlerimden
2nd singular kistinden kistlerinden
3rd singular kistinden kistlerinden
1st plural kistimizden kistlerimizden
2nd plural kistinizden kistlerinizden
3rd plural kistlerinden kistlerinden
genitive
singular plural
1st singular kistimin kistlerimin
2nd singular kistinin kistlerinin
3rd singular kistinin kistlerinin
1st plural kistimizin kistlerimizin
2nd plural kistinizin kistlerinizin
3rd plural kistlerinin kistlerinin
Predicative forms
singular plural
1st singular kistim kistlerim
2nd singular kistsin kistlersin
3rd singular kist
kisttir		 kistler
kistlerdir
1st plural kistiz kistleriz
2nd plural kistsiniz kistlersiniz
3rd plural kistler kistlerdir
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