roost

(Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
2. A group of birds roosting together.
3. A bedroom.
4. (Scotland) The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space.
5. A kick which causes the ball to travel a long distance.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.
2. (figuratively) To spend the night.
3. (transitive) To kick (a ball) a long distance.

Verb

Alternative form of roust.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ɹuːst/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: roste

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: hrōst

Hevwate bi holendî: roest

Hevwate bi almanî: Rost

In summary

From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan.
Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”).

Têgeh

lîs

lîsîn

Hevwate

perch

rest

nest

sit

🪑

alight

hen house

sleep

😴

slumber

hen-house

sleep or rest in a roost

steady down

hennery

hen-roost

aerie

temporary accommodations

catnap

drowse

henhouse

incubate

nesting place

settle

Werger

perchoir

percha

Hühnerstange

appollaiarsi

schlafen

😴

κουρνιάζω

pollaio

dormir

😴

roest

grzęda

dormire

😴

slapen

😴

juchoir

Schlafplatz

tünek

Hevok

Curses , like chickens come home to roost .

Curses, mîna mirîşkan tê malê.