bast
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English bast, from Old English bæst (“bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made”), from Proto-Germanic *bastaz (“bast, rope”) (compare the Swedish bast, Dutch bast, German Bast), perhaps an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *bʰask-, *bʰasḱ- (“bundle”) (compare Middle Irish basc (“necklace”), Latin fascis (“bundle”), Albanian bashkë (“tied, linked”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɑːst/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /bæst/
- Rhymes: -ɑːst, -æst
Noun edit
bast (countable and uncountable, plural basts)
- Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants and used for matting and cord.
- 1912, John Galsworthy, Quality:
- [T]here would be seen his face, or that of his elder brother, peering down. A guttural sound, and the tip-tap of bast slippers beating the narrow wooden stairs, and he would stand before one without coat, a little bent, in leather apron, with sleeves turned back, blinking […]
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 87
- I thought I saw Him in the Long Walk there, by the bed of Nelly Roche, tending a fallen flower with a wisp of bast.
- 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 145:
- He had taken along a long bast rope in his sleigh, since it was the custom on longer journeys to have a spare rope in case the reins needed mending.
Related terms edit
- (possibly) bastard
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Catalan edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
bast (feminine basta, masculine plural basts or bastos, feminine plural bastes)
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bastum.
Noun edit
bast m (plural basts or bastos)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bast” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bast c (singular definite basten, not used in plural form)
Inflection edit
common gender |
Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bast | basten |
genitive | basts | bastens |
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch bast, from Old Dutch *bast, from Proto-West Germanic *bast, from Proto-Germanic *bastaz.
Noun edit
bast m (plural basten, diminutive bastje n)
- inner bark
- (zoology) velvet
- (figuratively) skin, hide
- Hij liep in zijn blote bast rond.
- He walked around bare-chested.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
bast
- inflection of bassen:
References edit
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
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Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse bast (“bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made”), from Proto-Germanic *bastaz (“bast, rope”), perhaps an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *bʰask-, *bʰasḱ- (“bundle”).
Noun edit
bast n (genitive singular basts, uncountable)
Declension edit
Declension of bast (singular only) | ||
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n3s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bast | bastið |
accusative | bast | bastið |
dative | basti | bastinum |
genitive | basts | bastsins |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
bast
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English bæst, from Proto-West Germanic *bast, from Proto-Germanic *bastaz.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bast (plural bastes)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “bast, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Old French bast (French bât), probably a back-formation from bastard.
Alternative forms edit
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Noun edit
bast (uncountable)
- Illegitimacy; the state of being illegitimate.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “bāst, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish bast, from Old Norse bast, from Proto-Germanic *bastaz. Cognate with English bast and German Bast.
Noun edit
bast n
- bast (fibre material)
Declension edit
Declension of bast | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | bast | bastet | — | — |
Genitive | basts | bastets | — | — |
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Tavringer Romani bassj, bassjt, from Romani berś. Cognate to Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa, “year”).
Noun edit
bast n
- (colloquial) years old
- fylla sjuttio bast
- turn seventy years old
- Mina ungar är fem respektive tre bast
- My kids are five and three years old, respectively
- 2023 November 10, 27:27 from the start, in Svenska nyheter:
- Jag stod och snorta ladd på en rast / Jag var 11 bast
- I was standing and snorting coke during recess / I was 11 years old
Usage notes edit
Often when emphasizing an old or (ironically) young age, in a given context.
References edit
- bast in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bast in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bast in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Gerd Carling (2005) “bast”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 73
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