Translingual

Proper noun

Asta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – an herb found in Mexico, especially San Luis Potosi.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Brassicales - order; Brassicaceae - family; Asteae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Asta schaffneri, Asta stricta

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Old Norse Ásta, a medieval diminutive of Ástríðr (hence Astrid).

Proper noun

Asta

1. A female given name.

Estonian

Etymology

Short form of Astrid, Anastasia and Augusta.

Proper noun

Asta

1. A female given name.

Faroese

Proper noun

Asta f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Asta: Astuson
• daughter of Asta: Astudóttir

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

From Old Norse Ásta, sometimes also used as a pet form of Augusta or Anastasia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑstɑ
• IPA^(key): [ˈɑstɑ]
• Hyphenation: As‧ta

Proper noun

Asta

1. A female given name.

Declension

Anagrams

• saat, sata, taas, tasa

Norwegian

Proper noun

Asta

1. A female given name of Old Norse origin.

Swedish

Proper noun

Asta

1. A female given name of Old Norse origin, also used as a pet form of Augusta.

Irish

Pronoun

asta ‎(emphatic astasan)

1. Alternative form of astu

Italian

Noun

asta f ‎(plural aste)

1. pole
2. rod
3. A short, straight line, especially the vertical part of a letter
4. lance
5. auction

Derived terms

• asticina
• fare le aste
• asta della bandiera

Latin

Verb

astā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of astō

References

• asta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ASTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• asta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• asta in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• asta in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit अष्ट ‎(aṣṭa), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Alternative forms

• astă
• استا

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /astə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /astə/
• Rhymes: -tə, -ə

Numeral

asta

1. (cardinal) eight

Synonyms

• lapan / delapan / dĕlapan / لاڤن / دلاڤن
• selapan / sĕlapan / سلاڤن

Romanian

Etymology

From astă, from Latin ista(m), feminine of iste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈas.ta]

Determiner

asta

1. feminine singular form of ăsta

Pronoun

asta

1. feminine singular of ăsta

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish asta, from Old Irish essib, eissib, esib, estib, eistib.

Pronoun

asta ‎(emphatic astasan)

1. third-person plural of as ‎(“from them”)

See also

• prepositional pronoun

References

• “7 a” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin hasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta/
• Homophone: hasta

Noun

asta f ‎(plural astas)

1. bar
2. flagstaff
3. lance
4. horn

Usage notes

• The feminine noun asta is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el asta

• However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Synonyms

• (bar): barra, palo
• (horn): cuerno, cacho

Related terms

• astilla
• astillero
• astado
• dios astado
• astero