Egyptian

Romanization

Ast

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of 3st.

German

Etymology

From Old High German ast, from Proto-Germanic *astaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔast/

Noun

Ast m ‎(genitive Asts or Astes, plural Äste, diminutive Ästchen n or Ästlein n)

1. branch

Declension

Derived terms

• ästig

Related terms

• auf dem absteigenden Ast sein
• den Ast absägen auf dem man sitzt

English

Verb

ast

1. Eye dialect spelling of asked, simple past tense and past participle of ask
   • 1937, w:John Steinbeck, w:Of Mice and Men, Penguin Books Limited (2000) ISBN 0141923474:

     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

• ats, SAT, Sat, Sat., sat, STA, Sta, TAS, Tas., tas, TSA

Cimbrian

Noun

ast m ‎(plural éste)

1. branch of a conifer

References

• “ast” in Umberto Martello Martalar, Alfonso Bellotto, Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Setti Communi vicentini, 1st edition, 1974.

Latin

Conjunction

ast

1. but, yet

Synonyms

• (but, yet): at, sed, tamen

References

• 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

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *astaz

Noun

ast m

1. branch

Descendants

• German: Ast

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *astaz

Noun

ast m

1. branch