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Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Asturian or Asturian asturianu.
Symbol
ast
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Asturian.
See also
English
Verb
ast
- Pronunciation spelling of asked, simple past and past participle of ask.
1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men[1], New York: Covici Friede:Curley said, "Well, I didn't mean nothing, Slim. I just ast you."
1988 October 21, Bryan Miller, “Strangers in a Train Station”, in Chicago Reader[2]:I just ast her.
Anagrams
- S.A.T., Sta., ats, TAs, Sat., Sta, sta, S. A. T., sat, ATs, tas, sat., Tas., ATS, Sat, at's, TSA, SAT, T(S/A), TAS, T.A.s, Tas, TA's, STA
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin hasta (“spear, lance”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ast m (plural asts or astos)
- spit, skewer
pollastre a l'ast- chicken on the skewer
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German ast, from Old High German ast.
Noun
ast m (plural éste)
- (Sette Comuni) conifer branch
Dar ast ist guuts holtz so prönnan.- Conifer branches make excellent firewood.
References
- “ast” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse ást, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz.
Noun
ast c (singular definite asten, not used in plural form)
- (obsolete) love
- Synonym: kærlighed
Declension
References
Ingrian
Spatial inflection of ast
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Etymology
Derived from astua in a manner similar to Finnish asti. Later analyzed as containing the elative ending.
Pronunciation
Postposition
ast (+ illative or allative)
- (of time) up to, until
- (of distance or motion) all the way to
ast (+ elative or ablative)
- (of time) ever since
- (of distance or motion) all the way from
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 22
Khalaj
Etymology
Cognate with Turkish ast.
Pronunciation
- (Talxâbî) IPA(key): [ɒsd̥], [ɑsd̥]
Postposition
ast
- under, below
- Synonym: asra
Noun
ast (definite accusative astı, plural astlar)
- under, bottom
- underside
- Synonyms: alt, asra
Declension
Derived terms
References
Latin
Etymology
Probably a univerbation of at + est with subsequent contraction.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ast
- (law, protasis) but if, and if (in double stipulations)
- Synonyms: sīn autem, sī porrō
- (literary, often followed by a vowel) but, however, whereas
- while, and
- Synonyms: at, sed
- (literary) and then, forthwith, whereupon (followed immediately by a subject switch, normally a personal pronoun)
References
- “ast” on page 209 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ast”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 59
Further reading
- “ast”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ast”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Livonian
Verb
ast
- Salaca form of astõ (“to step”)
Usage notes
The sense “to climb” does not appear to be attested in Salaca Livonian.
References
Middle High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German ast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈas̠t/
Noun
ast m
- tree-branch
Declension
Declension of ast (strong masculine with umlaut)
Descendants
- Bavarian:
- Central Franconian:
- German: Ast
- nast
References
- Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “ast”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel.
- Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “ast”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch[3] (in German), 3rd edition
- Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “nast”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch[4] (in German), 3rd edition
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Central Kurdish ئاست (ast).
Pronunciation
Noun
ast m or f (Arabic spelling ئاست)
- level (degree or amount)
Declension
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “ast”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 15
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ast.
Noun
ast m
- branch
Declension
Descendants
- Middle High German: ast, nast
- Bavarian:
- Central Franconian:
- German: Ast
- nast
References
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ast.
Noun
ast m
- branch
Descendants
Swedish
Etymology
Old Norse ást, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz.
Noun
ast
- (obsolete) love
- Synonym: kärlek
References
Welsh
Noun
ast
- soft mutation of gast (“bitch”)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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