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bast
English
Alternative forms
- bass
Etymology
From Middle English bast, from Old English bæst (“bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made”), from Proto-Germanic *bastaz (“bast, rope”) (compare the Swedish bast, Dutch bast, German Bast), perhaps an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *b?ask-, *b?as?- (“bundle”) (compare Middle Irish basc (“necklace”), Latin fascis (“bundle”), Albanian bashkë (“tied, linked”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??st/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bæst/
Noun
bast (countable and uncountable, plural basts)
- Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants and used for matting and cord.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 87
- I thought I saw Him in the Long Walk there, by the bed of Nelly Roche, tending a fallen flower with a wisp of bast.
- 1997: ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin 2001, page 145
- He had taken along a long bast rope in his sleigh, since it was the custom on longer journeys to have a spare rope in case the reins needed mending.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 87
Related terms
- (possibly) bastard
Translations
Anagrams
- ABTs, ATBs, ATSB, Bats, SATB, STAB, TBAs, TBSA, Tabs, bats, stab, tabs
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bast/, [b?asd?]
Noun
bast c (singular definite basten, not used in plural form)
- bast
- raffia
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?st/
- Hyphenation: bast
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bast. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
bast f (plural basten, diminutive bastje n)
- A bark, as on a tree
- (figuratively) A skin, hide
Derived terms
- boombast
Etymology 2
Verb
bast
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of bassen
- (archaic) plural imperative of bassen
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Anagrams
- bats
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /past/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bast (“bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made”), from Proto-Germanic *bastaz (“bast, rope”), perhaps an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *b?ask-, *b?as?- (“bundle”).
Noun
bast n (genitive singular basts, uncountable)
- bast, raffia
- rope made of bast
Declension
Etymology 2
From the verb at basa.
Verb
bast
- supine of basa
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English bæst, from Proto-Germanic *bastaz.
Alternative forms
- baste
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bast/
Noun
bast (plural bastes)
- A cord or cable manufactured using bast.
- (rare) Bast; fibre made from the phloem of plants.
Descendants
- English: bast, bass
- Scots: bass
References
- “bast, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French bast (French bât).
Alternative forms
- baste, baaste
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba?st/
Noun
bast (uncountable)
- Illegitimacy; the state of being illegitimate.
Derived terms
- bastard
References
- “b?st, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish bast, from Old Norse bast, from Proto-Germanic *bastaz. Cognate with English bast and German Bast.
Noun
bast n
- bast (fibre material)
Declension
Related terms
- bastfiber
- basthud
- bastkjol
- bastkorg
- bastmatta
- lindbast
Etymology 2
From Tavringer Romani bassj, bassjt, from Romani berš, bersh. Cognate to Sanskrit ???? (var?a, “year”).
Noun
bast n
- year (when telling age)
References
- bast in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bast in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- “bast” in Gerd Carling, Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, 2005, ?ISBN, page 73.
Anagrams
- stab
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baft
English
Etymology 1
Preposition
baft
- Alternative form of abaft
Adverb
baft (comparative more baft, superlative most baft)
- Alternative form of abaft
Etymology 2
Noun
baft (countable and uncountable, plural bafts)
- Alternative form of bafta (“type of material”)
Anagrams
- BATF
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