ast
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ast"
Translingual edit
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ast
English edit
Verb edit
ast
- Pronunciation spelling of asked, simple past and past participle of ask
- 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men[1], Penguin Books Limited, published 2000, →ISBN:
- 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 edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Latin hasta (“spear, lance”).
Pronunciation edit
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Further reading edit
- “ast” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German ast, from Old High German ast.
Cognates
Noun edit
ast m (plural éste)
- (Sette Comuni) conifer branch
- Dar ast ist guuts holtz so prönnan.
- Conifer branches make excellent firewood.
References edit
- “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
Ingrian edit
→○ | illative | asse |
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○ | inessive | as |
○→ | elative | ast |
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑstɑ/, [ˈɑs̠t]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑst/, [ˈɑʃt]
- Rhymes: -ɑst
- Hyphenation: ast
Postposition edit
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
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References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 22
Khalaj edit
Perso-Arabic | اَست |
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Postposition edit
ast
Noun edit
ast (definite accusative astı, plural astlar)
Declension edit
Declension of ast
Derived terms edit
- hadaqııñ astı (“shank, sole”)
References edit
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Probably a univerbation of at + est with subsequent contraction.
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
ast
- (law, protasis) but if, and if (in double stipulations)
- (literary, often followed by a vowel) but, however, whereas
- (literary) and then, forthwith, whereupon (followed immediately by a subject switch, normally a personal pronoun)
References edit
- “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 edit
- “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 edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Courland) astõ
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *astudak.
Verb edit
ast
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
From Central Kurdish ئاست (ast).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ast m or f (Arabic spelling ئاست)
- level (degree or amount)
Declension edit
Declension of ast
Definite feminine and masculine gender | ||||
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Case | Feminine (sg) | Masculine (sg) | Plural | |
Nominative | ast | ast | ast | |
Construct | asta | astê | astên | |
Oblique | astê | astî | astan | |
Demonstrative oblique | wê astê | wî astî | wan astan | |
Vocative | astê | asto | astino | |
Indefinite feminine and masculine gender | ||||
Case | Feminine (sg) | Masculine (sg) | Plural | |
Nominative | astek | astek | astin | |
Construct | asteke | astekî | astine | |
Oblique | astekê | astekî | astinan |
References edit
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “ast”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 15
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *ast.
Noun edit
ast m
Descendants edit
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *ast.
Noun edit
ast m
Descendants edit
- Middle Low German: ast