Talk:ask
I changed the Hebrew translation of "ask" from "שאל" and "ביקש" (both translated as "asked") to "לשאול" and "לבקש" ("ask"). Liso 15:34, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Noun
Is this a noun as well? See the campaign “The Big Ask”: http://www.thebigask.eu/ H. (talk) 13:55, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Etymology
The Old English form is certainly from the Proto-Germanic; but the Proto-Germanic form (as reconstructed) may well have been influenced by forms in the substrate language akin to a dialect of Basque, where the early Germanic form which evolved from its parent language (having evolved from Proto-Indo-European), produced a hybrid form with the P.I.E. root. Compare Basque ESKATU (to ask, also to run out of, become scarce) and ESKAS (scarce), hence ESCARI (petition, request, et cetera). The evolution from the initial "E"(whence "EI") in the earlier Germanic, to the initial "A" in Old English, seems to confirm this possibility.
means 'Absolutely not; means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; means 'Very dubious'; means 'Questionable'; means 'Possible'; means 'Probable'; means 'Likely'; means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; means 'Attested'; means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods. '2' inserted in root words stands for a laryngeal to represent an 'a' that does not exist. √ means original or earliest root.
Andrew H. Gray 10:14, 22 January 2019 (UTC)Andrew
A note about its relation with ask for would improve the entry: how can its intransitive uses, especially when followed by of, be distinguished from the latter? --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:52, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Invite: We should ask them for a meal sometime
Can I add this one as an (ambiguous) example of invitation? We should ask them for a meal sometime --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:31, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
A phrase used when one does not know the answer to a question. Why is the sky blue? How should I know? Ask me another! https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/ask+me+another
--Backinstadiums (talk) 16:10, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
A set phrase expressing anger, shock, or indignation about someone's actions. He dares to speak to my wife that way? I ask you! https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/I+ask+you
--Backinstadiums (talk) 16:12, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
asked ɑ/æs(k)t
According to LPD, optional k, unike in masked mɑ/æskt --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:58, 12 August 2021 (UTC)