ast

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ast"

Translingual

Symbol

ast

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Asturian.

English

Verb

ast

  1. Pronunciation spelling of asked, simple past and past participle of ask
    • 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, 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:
      I just ast her.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin hasta (spear, lance).

Pronunciation

Noun

ast m (plural asts or astos)

  1. spit, skewer
    pollastre a l'ast
    chicken on the skewer

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ast” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

ast m (plural éste)

  1. (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

Ingrian

Spatial inflection of ast
→○ illative asse
inessive
○→ elative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Postposition

ast (+ illative or allative)

  1. (of time) up to, until
  2. (of distance or motion) all the way to

ast (+ elative or ablative)

  1. (of time) ever since
  2. (of distance or motion) all the way from

Synonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 22

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic اَست

Etymology

Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • (Talxâbî) IPA(key): [ɒsd̥], [ɑsd̥]

Postposition

ast

  1. under, below
    Synonym: asra

Noun

ast (definite accusative astı, plural astlar)

  1. under, bottom
  2. underside
    Synonyms: alt, asra

Declension

Derived terms

References

Latin

Etymology

Probably a univerbation of at + est with subsequent contraction.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ast

  1. (law, protasis) but if, and if (in double stipulations)
    Synonyms: sīn autem, porrō
  2. (literary, often followed by a vowel) but, however, whereas
    1. while, and
    Synonyms: at, sed
  3. (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

Alternative forms

  • (Courland) astõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *astudak.

Verb

ast

  1. step

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Central Kurdish ئاست (ast).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːst/

Noun

ast m or f (Arabic spelling ئاست)

  1. level (degree or amount)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

  1. branch

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    • German: Ast
    • Luxembourgish: Aascht

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ast.

Noun

ast m

  1. branch

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
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