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Old Armenian
Etymology
From *սո- (*so-) grown with an obscure suffix -տ (-t) found also in անդ (and) as -դ (-d).
Adverb
աստ • (ast)
- here, in this place
- աստ է ― ast ē ― he or it is here
- աստ եւ անդ ― ast ew and ― here and there, this way, that way
- now, at this time
- անդ եւ աստ ― and ew ast ― then.. and now
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press