bast
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
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 *bʰask-, *bʰasḱ- (“bundle”) (compare Middle Irish basc (“necklace”), Latin fascis (“bundle”), Albanian bashkë (“tied, linked”)).
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Noun[edit]
bast (countable and uncountable, plural basts)
- Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants and used for matting and cord.
- 1912, John Galsworthy, Quality:
- [T]here would be seen his face, or that of his elder brother, peering down. A guttural sound, and the tip-tap of bast slippers beating the narrow wooden stairs, and he would stand before one without coat, a little bent, in leather apron, with sleeves turned back, blinking […]
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 19, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.
- 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.
Related terms[edit]
- (possibly) bastard
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Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bast c (singular definite basten, not used in plural form)
Inflection[edit]
common gender |
Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bast | basten |
genitive | basts | bastens |
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch bast. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun[edit]
bast f (plural basten, diminutive bastje n)
- A bark, as on a tree
- (figuratively) A skin, hide
- Hij liep in zijn blote bast rond.
- He walked around barechested.
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Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
bast
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of bassen
- (archaic) plural imperative of bassen
References[edit]
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
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Faroese[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
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 *bʰask-, *bʰasḱ- (“bundle”).
Noun[edit]
bast n (genitive singular basts, uncountable)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bast (singular only) | ||
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n3s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bast | bastið |
accusative | bast | bastið |
dative | basti | bastinum |
genitive | basts | bastsins |
Etymology 2[edit]
From the verb at basa.
Verb[edit]
bast
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English bæst, from Proto-Germanic *bastaz.
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bast (plural bastes)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “bast, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Old French bast (French bât).
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bast (uncountable)
- Illegitimacy; the state of being illegitimate.
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References[edit]
- “bāst, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Swedish bast, from Old Norse bast, from Proto-Germanic *bastaz. Cognate with English bast and German Bast.
Noun[edit]
bast n
- bast (fibre material)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bast | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | bast | bastet | — | — |
Genitive | basts | bastets | — | — |
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Tavringer Romani bassj, bassjt, from Romani berš, bersh. Cognate to Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa, “year”).
Noun[edit]
bast n
- year (when telling age)
- Mina ungar är fem respektive tre bast.
- My kids are five and three years old respectively.
References[edit]
- 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.
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- en:Fibers
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