kest

See also: kést

English

Verb

kest (third-person singular simple present kests, present participle kesting, simple past and past participle kest)

  1. Obsolete spelling of cast

Anagrams


Estonian

Etymology

Possibly same root as in kesi, from Proto-Finnic *keci.

Noun

kest (genitive kesta, partitive kesta)

  1. husk, shell
  2. sheath
  3. envelope
  4. casing, housing
  5. hull

Inflection

Derived terms

Further reading

  • kest in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
  • kest in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN

Tocharian B

Noun

kest

  1. hunger
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