ast
See also: Ast, AST, ást, ăst, as't, -ast, aṣṭ, and åst
Translingual
Symbol
ast
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Asturian.
English
Verb
ast
- Pronunciation spelling of asked, simple past tense and past participle of ask
- 1937, w:John Steinbeck, w: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.
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Anagrams
- ATS, ATs, S. A. T., S.A.T., SAT, STA, Sat, Sat., Sta, Sta., T.A.s, TA's, TAS, TAs, TSA, Tas, Tas., at's, ats, sat, sat., sta, tas
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin hasta (“spear, lance”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈast/
Noun
ast m (plural asts or astos)
- spit, skewer
- pollastre a l'ast
- chicken on the skewer
Derived terms
- aster
- enastar
Related terms
- asta
Further reading
- “ast” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German ast, from Old High German ast.
Cognates
Cognate with German Ast, Dutch ast, Gothic 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (asts); also Old Armenian ոստ (ost), Ancient Greek ὄζος (ózos).
Noun
ast m (plural éste)
- (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
Latin
Etymology
Probably a univerbation of at + est with subsequent contraction.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ast/, [äs̠t̪]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ast/, [äst̪]
Conjunction
ast
- (law, protasis) but if, and if (in double stipulations)
- Synonyms: sīn autem, sī porrō
- (literary, often followed by a vowel) but, however, whereas
- while, and
- Synonyms: at, sed
- (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
- step
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Central Kurdish ئاست (ast).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːst/
Noun
ast m or f (Arabic spelling ئاست)
- level (degree or amount)
Declension
Declension of ast
| Definite feminine and masculine gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Rewş | Feminine (sg) | Masculine (sg) | Plural | |
| Nominative | astek | astek | astin | |
| Construct | asteke | astekî | astine | |
| Oblique | astekê | astekî | astinan | |
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
- branch
Descendants
- Middle High German: ast
- Cimbrian: ast
- German: Ast
- Luxembourgish: Aascht
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ast.
Noun
ast m
- branch
Descendants
- Middle Low German: ast