bast
English
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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 *bʰask-, *bʰasḱ- (“bundle”) (compare Middle Irish basc (“necklace”), Latin fascis (“bundle”), Albanian bashkë (“tied, linked”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
bast (countable and uncountable, plural basts)
- Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants and used for matting and cord.
- 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
- (possibly) bastard
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Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
bast c (singular definite basten, not used in plural form)
Inflection
common gender |
Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bast | basten |
genitive | basts | bastens |
Dutch
Pronunciation
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
- Hij liep in zijn blote bast rond.
- He walked around barechested.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
bast
- (deprecated template usage) second- and third-person singular present indicative of bassen
- (deprecated template usage) (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]
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Faroese
Pronunciation
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 *bʰask-, *bʰasḱ- (“bundle”).
Noun
bast n (genitive singular basts, uncountable)
Declension
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
From the verb at basa.
Verb
bast
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English bæst, from Proto-Germanic *bastaz.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
bast (plural bastes)
Descendants
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
Pronunciation
Noun
bast (uncountable)
- Illegitimacy; the state of being illegitimate.
Derived terms
References
- “bast (n.(1))”, 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
Declension of bast | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | bast | bastet | — | — |
Genitive | basts | bastets | — | — |
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Tavringer Romani bassj, bassjt, from Romani berš, bersh. Cognate to Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa, “year”).
Noun
bast n
- year (when telling age)
- Mina ungar är fem respektive tre bast.
- My kids are five and three years old respectively.
References
- bast in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bast in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Gerd Carling (2005) “bast”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 73
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