different between east vs eas

English

Etymology

From Middle English est, from Old English ?ast, from Proto-Germanic *austr?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ews-.

Compare West Frisian east, Dutch oost, German Ost, Norwegian Nynorsk aust, Swedish öst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?st/, enPR: ?st
• Rhymes: -i?st

Noun

east (countable and uncountable, plural easts)

1. One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox. Abbreviated as E.
   • 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

     In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south […]

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

Derived terms

Translations

Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points

Adjective

east (not comparable)

1. Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
2. (meteorology) wind from the east
3. Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
4. From the East; oriental.
5. (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which contains the choir or chancel.

   the east front of a cathedral

Synonyms

• (situated or lying in or towards the east): eastward
• (meteorology: wind from the east): easterly
• (of or pertaining to the east): eastern
• (from the East): oriental

Antonyms

• (situated or lying in or towards the east): westward
• (meteorology: wind from the east): westerly
• (of or pertaining to the east): western

Translations

Adverb

east (not comparable)

1. towards the east; eastwards

Synonyms

• (towards the east): eastwards

Antonyms

• (towards the east): west. westwards

Translations

Anagrams

• AEST, ESTA, SEAT, Seat, TEAs, eats, etas, sate, saté, seat, seta, tase, teas

Estonian

Noun

east

1. elative singular of iga

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *austr?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ews- (“eastern”). Cognate with Old Frisian ?st, Old Saxon ost, Dutch oost, Old High German ?st, German Osten, Old Norse austr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin auster (“southerly”) and aurora (“dawn”), Latvian austrumi (“easterly”), Albanian ag (“dawn, early morning; black mark round the eyes”), Proto-Slavic *utro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ???st/

Noun

?ast m

1. the east

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: est
  • English: east
  • Scots: eist, aist
• ? Old French: est
  • French: est
    • ? Asturian: este
    • ? Catalan: est
    • ? Corsican: este, est
    • ? Galician: leste
    • ? Italian: est
    • ? Occitan: èst
    • ? Portuguese: este, ? leste
    • ? Romanian: est
    • ? Spanish: este

Adjective

?ast

1. eastern, easterly

Declension

Adverb

?ast

1. from the east
2. towards the east

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian ?st, from Proto-Germanic *austr?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.?st/

Adjective

east

1. east, eastern, easterly

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “east”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

east n (plural [please provide])

1. east

Further reading

• “east”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

east c (plural [please provide])

1. east, eastern former colonies

Further reading

• “east”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Noun

eas

1. plural of ea

Anagrams

• -ase, AES, ASE, ESA, Esa, SAE, SEA, Sea, a**es, aes, ase, esa, sea

Estonian

Noun

eas

1. inessive singular of iga

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish es(s) (“cataract, rapid, rapidly flowing stream”).

Noun

eas m (genitive singular easa, nominative plural easanna)

1. waterfall, cascade, rapid

Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish es (“stoat, weasel”), from Old Irish nes(s).

Noun

eas f (genitive singular easa, nominative plural easa)

1. stoat, weasel

Declension

Derived terms

• easóg

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “3 es(s) ‘cataract, rapid’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “5 es ‘stoat, weasel’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 nes(s) ‘weasel’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• "eas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?e.a?s/, [?eä?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?e.as/, [????s]

Verb

e?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of e?

Pronoun

e?s

1. accusative feminine plural of is

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish es, ess (“cataract, rapid, rapidly flowing stream”).

Noun

eas m (genitive singular easa, plural easan)

1. waterfall, cascade, falls

Mutation