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Finnish
Verb
astu
- inflection of astua:
- present indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present imperative connegative
Anagrams
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish asta, from Old Irish essib, eissib, esib, estib, eistib.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
astu (emphatic astusan)
- third-person plural of as (“out of”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “astu”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “7 a”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 28
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 300
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 95
- Entries containing “astu” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “astu” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ἄστυ (ástu, “town, city”).
Noun
astū n (indeclinable)
- city, Athens specifically
161 BCE,
Publius Terentius Afer,
Eunuchus 5.5.15–18:
- PARMENŌ. Tum quandam fidicinam amat hīc Chaerea.
LACHĒS. Hem, quid? amat? an scit iam ille quid meretrīx siet?
An in Astū vēnit? aliud ex aliō malum.
PARMENŌ. Here, nē mē spectēs: mē impulsōre haec nōn facit.- PARMENO. Then, Chaerea is in love with some lyre player here.
LACHES. Huh, what? He's in love? Does he know already what a prostitute is?
Or is he come to Athens? From one misfortune to another.
PARMENO. Master, don't look at me: he doesn't do that with me as impeller.
Usage notes
While by etymology the word can refer to any town, in practice only the town of Athens is ever signified.
Declension
Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular, singular only.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
astū
- ablative singular of astus
References
- “astu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “astu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- astu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “astu, asty” in volume 2, column 980, line 47 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Latvian
Noun
astu f
- genitive plural of aste
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈasːtuː/
Etymology 1
From astat + -u.
Noun
astu
- free time
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
astu
- first-person dual imperative of astat