# jest
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English geste (“idle tale”), from Old French geste (“acts, exploits”), from Latin gesta (“acts, deeds”). Doublet of gest.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: jĕst, IPA: /d͡ʒɛst/
** Audio (US):(file)
** Rhymes: -ɛst
* (dialectal, obsolete) enPR: jēst, IPA: /d͡ʒiːst/
* (Early Modern) IPA: /d͡ʒɛst/, /d͡ʒɛːst/

#### Noun

jest (plural jests)
* (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
    I made that comment in jest; it wasn't serious.
** c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 278, column 1:Alas poore Yorick, I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite Ieſt; […]
* (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
    Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
** c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 58, column 2:Why then make ſport at me, then let me be your ieſt, / I deſerue it […]
* (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
** 1540, Thomas Elyot, Image of Governance:the jests or actions of princes
* (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
** c. 1587 (date written),, The Spanish Tragedie: […] (Fourth Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for T[homas] Pauier, […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page):He promised us, in honour of our guest, / To grace our banquet with some pompous jest.

##### Synonyms

* (joke): prank, gag, laughingstock, banter, crack, wisecrack, witticism
* See also Thesaurus:joke

##### Derived terms

* in jest

##### Translations
#### Verb

jest (third-person singular simple present jests, present participle jesting, simple past and past participle jested)
* To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
    Surely you jest!

##### Synonyms

* (to joke): banter, kid, mock, tease

##### Derived terms

* jester
* jestingly

##### Translations
#### See also

* jest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

#### References

* ↑ Bingham, Caleb (1808) “Improprieties in Pronunciation, common among the people of New-England”, in The Child's Companion; Being a Conciſe Spelling-book […] ‎, 12th edition, Boston: Manning & Loring, →OCLC, page 75.
* ↑ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700‎, second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 8, page 474.

### Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling of just..

#### Adverb

jest (not comparable)
* (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Alternative spelling of just

### Anagrams

* ESTJ, Jets, jets

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech jest, from Proto-Slavic *estь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjɛst]

### Verb

jest
* (literary, obsolete) third-person singular present indicative of být
    Synonym: je

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* jester

### Etymology

From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence English yeast.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jest/
* Homophone: gjest

### Noun

jest m (definite singular jesten, indefinite plural jester, definite plural jestene)
* yeast
    Synonym: gjær

#### Related terms

* ese

### References

* “jest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “jest” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* jester
* gjester (non-standard since 1938)

### Etymology

From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence also English yeast.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɛst/
* Homophone: gjest

### Noun

jest m (definite singular jesten, indefinite plural jestar, definite plural jestane)
* yeast
    Synonym: gjær

#### Related terms

* asa, ase
* esa, ese

### References

* “jest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *estь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈjɛst/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈjɛst/

### Verb

jest
* third-person singular present indicative of býti

#### Descendants

* Czech: jest

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish jest, from Proto-Slavic *estь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *esti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɛst/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛst
* Syllabification: jest

### Verb

jest
* third-person singular present indicative of być; is
    Ona jest ładna. ― She's pretty.
    Agnieszka jest studentką. ― Agnieszka is a student.
* (mathematics) is, equals (see also wynosi)
    dwa plus dwa jest cztery. ― Two plus two is four.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

jest (Cyrillic spelling јест)
* third-person singular present of bȉti
    Synonym: je

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French geste

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒest/

### Noun

jest (definite accusative jesti, plural jestler)
* gesture

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
jest
jestler
definite accusative
jesti
jestleri
dative
jeste
jestlere
locative
jestte
jestlerde
ablative
jestten
jestlerden
genitive
jestin
jestlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
jestim
jestlerim
2nd singular
jestin
jestlerin
3rd singular
jesti
jestleri
1st plural
jestimiz
jestlerimiz
2nd plural
jestiniz
jestleriniz
3rd plural
jestleri
jestleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
jestimi
jestlerimi
2nd singular
jestini
jestlerini
3rd singular
jestini
jestlerini
1st plural
jestimizi
jestlerimizi
2nd plural
jestinizi
jestlerinizi
3rd plural
jestlerini
jestlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
jestime
jestlerime
2nd singular
jestine
jestlerine
3rd singular
jestine
jestlerine
1st plural
jestimize
jestlerimize
2nd plural
jestinize
jestlerinize
3rd plural
jestlerine
jestlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
jestimde
jestlerimde
2nd singular
jestinde
jestlerinde
3rd singular
jestinde
jestlerinde
1st plural
jestimizde
jestlerimizde
2nd plural
jestinizde
jestlerinizde
3rd plural
jestlerinde
jestlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
jestimden
jestlerimden
2nd singular
jestinden
jestlerinden
3rd singular
jestinden
jestlerinden
1st plural
jestimizden
jestlerimizden
2nd plural
jestinizden
jestlerinizden
3rd plural
jestlerinden
jestlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
jestimin
jestlerimin
2nd singular
jestinin
jestlerinin
3rd singular
jestinin
jestlerinin
1st plural
jestimizin
jestlerimizin
2nd plural
jestinizin
jestlerinizin
3rd plural
jestlerinin
jestlerinin :