astu
Finnish edit
Verb edit
astu
- inflection of astua:
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish asta, from Old Irish essib, eissib, esib, estib, eistib.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈasˠt̪ˠʊ/
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɑstə/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɑsˠt̪ˠəbˠ/ (as if spelled astab)
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈasˠt̪ˠəbˠ/ (as if spelled astab)
Pronoun edit
astu (emphatic astusan)
- third-person plural of as (“out of”)
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “astu”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “7 a”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 28
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 300
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 95
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “astu”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “astu”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈas.tuː/, [ˈäs̠t̪uː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈas.tu/, [ˈäst̪u]
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek ἄστυ (ástu, “town, city”).
Noun edit
astū n (indeclinable)
- city, Athens specifically
- 161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 5.5.15–18:
- PARMENŌ. Tum quandam fidicinam amat hīc Chaerea.
LACHĒS. Hem, quid? amat? an scit iam ille quid meretrīx siet?
An in Astū vēnit? aliud ex aliō malum.
PARMENŌ. Here, nē mē spectēs: mē impulsōre haec nōn facit.- PARMENO. Then, Chaerea is in love with some lyre player here.
LACHES. Huh, what? He's in love? Does he know already what a prostitute is?
Or is he come to Athens? From one misfortune to another.
PARMENO. Master, don't look at me: he doesn't do that with me as impeller.
- PARMENO. Then, Chaerea is in love with some lyre player here.
- PARMENŌ. Tum quandam fidicinam amat hīc Chaerea.
Usage notes edit
While by etymology the word can refer to any town, in practice only the town of Athens is ever signified.
Declension edit
Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | astū |
Genitive | — |
Dative | — |
Accusative | astū |
Ablative | — |
Vocative | — |
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
astū
References edit
- “astu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “astu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- astu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “astu, asty” in volume 2, column 980, line 47 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Latvian edit
Noun edit
astu f
Northern Sami edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
astu
Inflection edit
Even u-stem, st-stt gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | astu | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | asttu asttọ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | astu | asttut | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | asttu | asttūid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | asttu asttọ |
asttūid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | astui | asttūide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | asttus | asttūin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | asttūin | asttūiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | astun | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
astu
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