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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum + iste. Compare Occitan aquest and Spanish aqueste.
Pronunciation
(formal):
(common):
Determiner
aquest (feminine aquesta, masculine plural aquests or aquestos, feminine plural aquestes)
- this
Pronoun
aquest (feminine aquesta, masculine plural aquests or aquestos, feminine plural aquestes)
- this (one), (in the plural) these (ones)
See also
References
- “aquest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *acquaesitum.
Noun
aquest oblique singular, m (oblique plural aquez or aquetz, nominative singular aquez or aquetz, nominative plural aquest)
- gain
Descendants
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum + iste. Compare Catalan aquest and Spanish aqueste.
Pronoun
aquest
- this (this thing; the one in question)
Descendants