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From Middle English moste ("must", literally, "had to", the past tense of Middle English moten (“to have to”)), from Old English mōste (“had to”), 1st & 3rd person singular past tense of mōtan (“to be allowed, be able to, have the opportunity to, be compelled to, must, may”). Cognate with Dutch moest (“had to”), German musste (“had to”), Swedish måste (“must, have to, be obliged to”). More at mote.
must (third-person singular simple present must, no present participle, simple past must, no past participle)
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must (plural musts)
From Middle English must, from Old English must and Old French must, most, both from Latin mustum.
must (plural musts)
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must (third-person singular simple present musts, present participle musting, simple past and past participle musted)
Persian مست (mast, “drunk, inebriated”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭮𐭲 (mast).
must (plural musts)
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must m (uncountable)
From Proto-Finnic *musta. Cognate with Finnish musta, Veps must and Livonian mustā. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *mus-ta-, compare Norwegian Bokmål must (“steam, fume, mist”).[1]
must (genitive musta, partitive musta, comparative mustem, superlative kõige mustem or mustim)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | must | mustad |
genitive | musta | mustade |
partitive | musta | musti / mustasid |
illative | musta / mustasse | mustadesse / mustisse |
inessive | mustas | mustades / mustis |
elative | mustast | mustadest / mustist |
allative | mustale | mustadele / mustile |
adessive | mustal | mustadel / mustil |
ablative | mustalt | mustadelt / mustilt |
translative | mustaks | mustadeks / mustiks |
terminative | mustani | mustadeni |
essive | mustana | mustadena |
abessive | mustata | mustadeta |
comitative | mustaga | mustadega |
must (genitive musta, partitive musta)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | must | mustad |
genitive | musta | mustade |
partitive | musta | musti / mustasid |
illative | musta / mustasse | mustadesse / mustisse |
inessive | mustas | mustades / mustis |
elative | mustast | mustadest / mustist |
allative | mustale | mustadele / mustile |
adessive | mustal | mustadel / mustil |
ablative | mustalt | mustadelt / mustilt |
translative | mustaks | mustadeks / mustiks |
terminative | mustani | mustadeni |
essive | mustana | mustadena |
abessive | mustata | mustadeta |
comitative | mustaga | mustadega |
A variant of musta < minusta (“of me”).
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must (plural mustok)
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | must | mustok |
accusative | mustot | mustokat |
dative | mustnak | mustoknak |
instrumental | musttal | mustokkal |
causal-final | mustért | mustokért |
translative | musttá | mustokká |
terminative | mustig | mustokig |
essive-formal | mustként | mustokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | mustban | mustokban |
superessive | muston | mustokon |
adessive | mustnál | mustoknál |
illative | mustba | mustokba |
sublative | mustra | mustokra |
allative | musthoz | mustokhoz |
elative | mustból | mustokból |
delative | mustról | mustokról |
ablative | musttól | mustoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
musté | mustoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
mustéi | mustokéi |
Possessive forms of must | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | mustom | mustjaim |
2nd person sing. | mustod | mustjaid |
3rd person sing. | mustja | mustjai |
1st person plural | mustunk | mustjaink |
2nd person plural | mustotok | mustjaitok |
3rd person plural | mustjuk | mustjaik |
From Proto-Finnic *musta.
must
From Latin mustum, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”).
must n (plural musturi)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) must | mustul | (niște) musturi | musturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) must | mustului | (unor) musturi | musturilor |
vocative | mustule | musturilor |
From Old Norse muster, moster, from Latin mustum.
must c (uncountable)
Declension of must | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | must | musten | — | — |
Genitive | musts | mustens | — | — |
From Proto-Finnic *musta.
must
Inflection of must | |||
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nominative sing. | must | ||
genitive sing. | mustan | ||
partitive sing. | mustad | ||
partitive plur. | mustid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | must | mustad | |
accusative | mustan | mustad | |
genitive | mustan | mustiden | |
partitive | mustad | mustid | |
essive-instructive | mustan | mustin | |
translative | mustaks | mustikš | |
inessive | mustas | mustiš | |
elative | mustaspäi | mustišpäi | |
illative | ? | mustihe | |
adessive | mustal | mustil | |
ablative | mustalpäi | mustilpäi | |
allative | mustale | mustile | |
abessive | mustata | mustita | |
comitative | mustanke | mustidenke | |
prolative | mustadme | mustidme | |
approximative I | mustanno | mustidenno | |
approximative II | mustannoks | mustidennoks | |
egressive | mustannopäi | mustidennopäi | |
terminative I | ? | mustihesai | |
terminative II | mustalesai | mustilesai | |
terminative III | mustassai | — | |
additive I | ? | mustihepäi | |
additive II | mustalepäi | mustilepäi |
must
Inflection of must | |||
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nominative sing. | must | ||
genitive sing. | mustan | ||
partitive sing. | mustad | ||
partitive plur. | mustid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | must | mustad | |
accusative | mustan | mustad | |
genitive | mustan | mustiden | |
partitive | mustad | mustid | |
essive-instructive | mustan | mustin | |
translative | mustaks | mustikš | |
inessive | mustas | mustiš | |
elative | mustaspäi | mustišpäi | |
illative | ? | mustihe | |
adessive | mustal | mustil | |
ablative | mustalpäi | mustilpäi | |
allative | mustale | mustile | |
abessive | mustata | mustita | |
comitative | mustanke | mustidenke | |
prolative | mustadme | mustidme | |
approximative I | mustanno | mustidenno | |
approximative II | mustannoks | mustidennoks | |
egressive | mustannopäi | mustidennopäi | |
terminative I | ? | mustihesai | |
terminative II | mustalesai | mustilesai | |
terminative III | mustassai | — | |
additive I | ? | mustihepäi | |
additive II | mustalepäi | mustilepäi |
must (nominative plural musts)
From Proto-Finnic *musta.
must (genitive musta, partitive musta)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | must | mustaq |
accusative | musta | mustaq |
genitive | musta | muste |
partitive | musta | muste |
illative | musta | muste mustehe |
inessive | mustan mustahn |
musten mustehn |
elative | mustast | mustest |
allative | mustalõ | mustelõ |
adessive | mustal | mustel |
ablative | mustalt | mustelt |
translative | mustas | mustes |
terminative | mustaniq | musteniq |
abessive | mustaldaq | musteldaq |
comitative | mustagaq | mustegaq |