vast
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus (“void, immense”). Related to waste and German Wüste.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vast (comparative vaster or more vast, superlative vastest or most vast)
- Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
- The Sahara desert is vast.
- There is a vast difference between them.
- Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter III.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC; reprinted as Hydriotaphia (The English Replicas), New York, N.Y.: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1927, →OCLC, page 136:
- The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.
- 2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, page 172:
- Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.
- (obsolete) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
- c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
- the empty, vast, and wandering air
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Noun edit
vast (plural vasts)
- (poetic) A vast space.
- c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- they have seemed to be together, though absent, shook hands, as over a vast, and embraced, as it were, from the ends of opposed winds.
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Adjective edit
vast (feminine vasta, masculine plural vasts or vastos, feminine plural vastes)
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Further reading edit
- “vast” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “vast”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “vast” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “vast” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch vast, from Old Dutch fast, from Proto-West Germanic *fastī, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.
Adjective edit
vast (comparative vaster, superlative meest vast or vastst)
- firm, fast, tight
- fixed, not moving or changing
- Kunnen we de vaste lasten dragen?
- Can we sustain the fixed costs?
- stuck, unable to get out
- Haar hand zat vast in het gat.
- Her hand was stuck in the hole.
- (chemistry) in the solid state
- Bij kamertemperatuur is het een vaste stof.
- It is a solid substance at room temperature.
- (botany) perennial
- Hij heeft een aantal vaste planten gepoot.
- He has planted a few perennial plants.
- (of a telephone) using a landline
- Is er een vaste verbinding?
- Is there a landline connection?
Inflection edit
Inflection of vast | ||||
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uninflected | vast | |||
inflected | vaste | |||
comparative | vaster | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | vast | vaster | het vastst het vastste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | vaste | vastere | vastste |
n. sing. | vast | vaster | vastste | |
plural | vaste | vastere | vastste | |
definite | vaste | vastere | vastste | |
partitive | vasts | vasters | — |
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Adverb edit
vast
- (obsolete) almost; about; close to
- surely, certainly
- Synonym: zeker
- (informal, sarcastically) sure, yeah, right
- Mijn hond at mijn huiswerk. — Ja, vast!
- My dog ate my homework. — Yeah, right!
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
vast
- inflection of vasten:
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Of Finno-Mordvinic or Finno-Volgaic origin. Cognate to Finnish vasta, Votic vassõ, Northern Sami vuostá, Erzya вастомс (vastoms, “to meet; to receive”), Moksha васта (vasta, “place; distance”) and possibly Western Mari ваштареш (vaštareš, “against; across”).[1]
Adverb edit
vast (not comparable)
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Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *vasta. Cognates include Finnish vasta and Estonian vast.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑst/, [ˈʋɑs̠t]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑst/, [ˈʋɑʃt]
- Rhymes: -ɑst
- Hyphenation: vast
- Homophone: vasta
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vast
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Preposition edit
vast (+ partitive)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 645
Livonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *vasta, from Proto-Finno-Permic *wasta (“a place opposite or across”). Cognate with Finnish vasta-, vastaan, vasten.
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vast
Ludian edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Old East Slavic хвостъ (xvostŭ); see vasta.
Noun edit
vast
- bundle (of switches for the sauna)
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vast
Romani edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit हस्त (hasta). Compare Punjabi ਹੱਥ (hatth), Hindi हाथ (hāth), Bengali হাত (hat); compare also Persian دست (dast).
Noun edit
vast m (nominative plural vasta)
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References edit
- Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “vast”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 297
- Marcel Courthiade (2009), “o vast, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 373
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French vaste, from Latin vastus.
Adjective edit
vast m or n (feminine singular vastă, masculine plural vaști, feminine and neuter plural vaste)
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Veps edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Old East Slavic хвостъ (xvostŭ); see vasta.
Noun edit
vast
Declension edit
Inflection of vast (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
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nominative sing. | vast | ||
genitive sing. | vastan | ||
partitive sing. | vastad | ||
partitive plur. | vastoid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vast | vastad | |
accusative | vastan | vastad | |
genitive | vastan | vastoiden | |
partitive | vastad | vastoid | |
essive-instructive | vastan | vastoin | |
translative | vastaks | vastoikš | |
inessive | vastas | vastoiš | |
elative | vastaspäi | vastoišpäi | |
illative | vastaha vastha |
vastoihe | |
adessive | vastal | vastoil | |
ablative | vastalpäi | vastoilpäi | |
allative | vastale | vastoile | |
abessive | vastata | vastoita | |
comitative | vastanke | vastoidenke | |
prolative | vastadme | vastoidme | |
approximative I | vastanno | vastoidenno | |
approximative II | vastannoks | vastoidennoks | |
egressive | vastannopäi | vastoidennopäi | |
terminative I | vastahasai vasthasai |
vastoihesai | |
terminative II | vastalesai | vastoilesai | |
terminative III | vastassai | — | |
additive I | vastahapäi vasthapäi |
vastoihepäi | |
additive II | vastalepäi | vastoilepäi |