ast

Symbol

ast

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

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

• S.A.T., Sta., ats, TAs, Sat., Sta, sta, S. A. T., sat, ATs, tas, sat., Tas., ATS, Sat, at's, TSA, SAT, T(S/A), TAS, T.A.s, Tas, TA's, STA

Etymology

From Latin hasta (“spear, lance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈast]

Noun

ast m (plural asts or astos)

1. spit, skewer

   pollastre a l'ast

   chicken on the skewer

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Middle High German ast, from Old High German ast.

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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑstɑ/, [ˈɑs̠t]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑst/, [ˈɑʃt]
• Rhymes: -ɑst
• Hyphenation: ast

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

References

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

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish ast.

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

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN

Etymology

Probably a univerbation of at +‎ est with subsequent contraction.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ast/, [äs̠t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ast/, [äst̪]

Conjunction

ast

1. (law, protasis) but if, and if (in double stipulations)

   Synonyms: sīn autem, sī 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

Alternative forms

• (Courland) astõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *astudak.

Verb

ast

1. step

Etymology

From Central Kurdish ئاست (ast).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːst/

Noun

ast m or f (Arabic spelling ئاست)

1. level (degree or amount)

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “ast”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 15

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ast.

Noun

ast m

1. branch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ast.

Noun

ast m

1. branch