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gast
English
Etymology
From Middle English gasten, from Old English g?stan, from Proto-Germanic *gaistijan?. Also spelled ghast due to association with ghost.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???st/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æst/
Verb
gast (third-person singular simple present gasts, present participle gasting, simple past and past participle gasted)
- (obsolete) To frighten.
- c. 1374-1385, Geoffrey Chaucer, Hous of Fame
- And be not so a-gast, for shame!
- c. 1374-1385, Geoffrey Chaucer, Hous of Fame
Anagrams
- ATGs, GATS, GTAs, TAGs, gats, stag, tags
Breton
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
gast f (plural gisti)
- (vulgar, derogatory) whore, bitch
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??st/
- Hyphenation: gast
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *gast, from Proto-Germanic *gastiz.
Noun
gast m (plural gasten, diminutive gastje n)
- guest
- Synonym: genodigde
- Antonyms: gastheer, gastvrouw
- (chiefly in combinations) knave, worker, apprentice, delivery boy
- Antonyms: meester, stagemeester
- (colloquial) dude, guy
- Synonyms: gozer, vent
Derived terms
- vergasten
- bakkersgast
- eregast
- slagersgast
- spuitgast
- gastenverblijf
- gastheer
- gasthuis
- gastorganisme
- gastrecht
- gastvriend
- gastvrij
- gastvrouw
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
gast
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of gassen
- (archaic) plural imperative of gassen
Gothic
Romanization
gast
- Romanization of ????????????????
Icelandic
Verb
gast
- singular past indicative of getast
Middle English
Noun
gast
- Alternative form of gost
Old English
Alternative forms
- g?st, gaast
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???st/
Noun
g?st m (nominative plural g?stas)
- spirit
- ghost
- breath
Declension
Derived terms
- g?stl?? (“spiritual”)
Descendants
- Middle English: gast, gost
- Scots: gast, gaist
- English: ghost
Old French
Alternative forms
- wast
Noun
gast 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
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (gast)
- gast on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- g?st
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gaist. Cognates include Old English g?st and Old Saxon g?st.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?st/
Noun
g?st m
- ghost, spirit
Descendants
- Saterland Frisian: Gäist
- West Frisian: geast
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
Descendants
- Middle High German: gast
- German: Gast
- ? Esperanto: gasto
- Luxembourgish: Gaascht
- Yiddish: ?????? (gast)
- German: Gast
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gasti, whence also Old English ?iest.
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
- Westphalian:
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 g?st, from Proto-West Germanic *gaist.
Noun
gast c
- (dated or poetic, dialect) A ghost
Declension
Anagrams
- sagt, stag, tags
Welsh
Etymology
From Irish gast, from Proto-Celtic *gasliy?, from *gas, of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare French gouine (“lesbian”), and Proto-Brythonic *gw??in (“sheath”).
Noun
gast f (plural geist)
- (vulgar, derogatory, offensive) bitch
Mutation
References
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ghast
English
Etymology 1
Variation of gast, from Middle English gasten, from Old English g?stan (“to meditate”) and g?stan (“to gast, frighten, afflict, torment”). More at gast. Spelling influenced by ghost.
Verb
ghast (third-person singular simple present ghasts, present participle ghasting, simple past and past participle ghasted)
- Alternative form of gast
Derived terms
- aghast
- beghast
- ghastful
- ghastly
- ghastness
Etymology 2
Poetic abbreviation of ghastly. Use as a noun influenced by ghost.
Adjective
ghast (comparative more ghast, superlative most ghast)
- Having a ghastly appearance; weird.
Translations
Noun
ghast (plural ghasts)
- (fantasy) An evil spirit or monster; a ghoul.
Translations
Anagrams
- Ghats, ghats
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