Hosta

See also: hosta, hósta, and hösta

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, after Nicholas Thomas Host +‎ -a

Proper noun

Hosta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – hostas, native to temperate northeast Asia.

Synonyms

• Funkia

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Asparagaceae – family; Agavoideae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Hosta plantaginea; for other species see Hosta on WikispeciesWikispecies

References

• Hosta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hosta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Hosta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Hosta at USDA Plants database

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɣosta/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɦosta/

Proper noun

Hosta m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Hosta (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Hosta	Hostě	Hosty
genitive	Hosty	Hostú	Host
dative	Hostě	Hostama	Hostám
accusative	Hostu	Hostě	Hosty
vocative	Hosto	Hostě	Hosty
locative	Hostě	Hostú	Hostách
instrumental	Hostú	Hostama	Hostami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “Hosta”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění