gast

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English gasten, from Old English gǣstan, from Proto-Germanic *gaistijaną. Also spelled ghast due to association with ghost. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɑːst/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɡæst/ Rhymes: -ɑːst, -æst === Verb === gast (third-person singular simple present gasts, present participle gasting, simple past and past participle gasted) (obsolete) To frighten. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === ATGs, GATS, GTAs, TAGs, gats, stag, tags == Breton == === Etymology === Cognate with Cornish gest, Welsh gast, and Middle Irish gast (a loanword from Brythonic). === Noun === gast f (plural gisti) (vulgar, derogatory) whore, bitch === Mutation === == Danish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Frisian gāst, from Proto-West Germanic *gaist. Doublet of gejst. ==== Noun ==== gast (obsolete) ghost, revenant Synonyms: spøgelse, genganger, genfærd, gespenst === Etymology 2 === From German Gast (“guest”), from Proto-West Germanic *gasti. Doublet of gæst. ==== Noun ==== gast c (singular definite gasten, plural indefinite gaster) a (unspecialized) crewmember on a ship Synonyms: matros, sømand === Further reading === “gast” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣɑst/ Hyphenation: gast Rhymes: -ɑst === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch gast, from Old Dutch *gast, from Proto-West Germanic *gasti, from Proto-Germanic *gastiz. ==== Noun ==== gast m (plural gasten, diminutive gastje n) guest Synonym: genodigde Antonyms: gastheer, gastvrouw Ik heb afgelopen week wat familie te gast gehad. ― Some family members stayed with me as guests last week. (chiefly in combinations) knave, worker, apprentice, delivery boy Antonyms: meester, stagemeester (colloquial) dude, guy Synonyms: gozer, vent Die gast is echt niet goed bij z'n hoofd. ― That guy really isn't right in the head. Zijn broer is best een aardige gast. ― His brother is quite a nice guy. Gast, waar heb je het nou helemaal over? ― Dude, what are you even on about? ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Negerhollands: gast === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== gast inflection of gassen: second/third-person singular present indicative (archaic) plural imperative == Gothic == === Romanization === gast romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄 == Icelandic == === Verb === gast singular past indicative of getast == Middle English == === Noun === gast alternative form of gost == Old English == === Alternative forms === gǣst, gaast === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɑːst/ Rhymes: -ɑːst === Noun === gāst m spirit Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ghost breath demon ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: gost, gast, gaast, goost, gosteEnglish: ghostScots: ghaistYola: gaast, gast == Old French == === Alternative forms === wast === Etymology === Based on Latin vastus (“uncultivated, unoccupied”) === Noun === gast oblique singular, m (oblique plural gaz or gatz, nominative singular gaz or gatz, nominative plural gast) destruction === Adjective === gast m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gaste) destroyed; ravaged; decimated ==== Descendants ==== English: waste (from the variant wast) === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “gast”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. gast on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub == Old Frisian == === Alternative forms === gēst === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *gaist. Cognates include Old English gāst and Old Saxon gēst. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡaːst/ === Noun === gāst m ghost, spirit ==== Descendants ==== Saterland Frisian: Gäist, Jeest West Frisian: geast → Norwegian Bokmål: gast → Old Danish: gast (or from Low German) Danish: gast → Old Swedish: gaster Swedish: gast ==== References ==== Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28 == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *gasti, see also Old Norse gestr, Latin hostis (“enemy”). === Noun === gast m (plural gesti) guest ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gasttuom ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: gast Bavarian: Gåst German: Gast → Esperanto: gasto Luxembourgish: Gaascht Vilamovian: gost Yiddish: גאַסט (gast) == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *gasti, whence also Old English ġiest. === Noun === gast m guest ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: gast Westphalian: Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Gast Sauerländisch: Gast Westmünsterländisch: Gast Plautdietsch: Gaust → Saterland Frisian: Gast → West Frisian: gast == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === See gäst ==== Noun ==== gast c A crew member on a ship === Etymology 2 === From Old Swedish gaster, possibly borrowed from Old Frisian gāst, from Proto-West Germanic *gaist. ==== Noun ==== gast c A ghost Synonym: vålnad ===== Usage notes ===== The more common word for ghost is spöke. ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== gastkramande === References === “gast”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gast”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gast”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === sagt, stag, tags == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡasd/, [ɡast] Rhymes: -asd === Etymology 1 === Cognate with Cornish gest, Breton gast, and Middle Irish gast (a loanword from Brythonic). ==== Noun ==== gast f (plural geist) bitch, female dog Coordinate term: ci (vulgar, derogatory, offensive) bitch (vulgar, derogatory, offensive) whore Synonym: putain ===== Mutation ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== gast soft mutation of cast (“trick”) ==== Mutation ==== === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gast”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gast”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies == Yola == === Noun === gast alternative form of gaast === References === Charles Vallancey (1788), “Memoir of the Language, Manners and Customs of an Anglo-Saxon Colony Settled in the Baronies of Forth and Bargie, in the County of Wexford, Ireland, in 1167, 1168 and 1169.”, in The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy‎[1], volume 2, Royal Irish Academy, page 30