aust

aust

1. elative singular of au

From an earlier *aus-ti, from Proto-Baltic *aus-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“to shine”).

Cognates include Lithuanian aũšti (< *austi), Old Church Slavonic за устра (za ustra, “early in the morning”), Hittite au(š)- (“to see, to watch”), Sanskrit उच्छति (uccháti, “to dawn”), उषस् (uṣás), उसृ (usṛ́, “dawn, morning”), Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs) (< *h₂éwsōs), Latin aurōra (< *ausōsā).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [àwst]

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aust

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of aust
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of aust
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of aust

aust (intransitive, 1st conjugation, only 3rd person, present aust, past ausa)

1. to dawn (to become light at the beginning of the day) (of time period)

   rīts ausa lēni ― the morning dawned slowly

   lieliskā spožumā aust jaunā diena ― in great splendor dawns the new day

2. to dawn, to appear slowly (in the sky) (of light, light sources)

   austrumos ausa gaisma ― the light dawned in the east

   austošā saule ― the dawning sun

   zvaigznes aust ― the stars are dawning (= appearing)

   tur ausa vēlīns pavasara mēness ― there dawned (= appeared) the belated spring moon

3. (figuratively) to appear, to begin

   no padomēm mums brīve ausa! ― from the councils liberty dawned to us!

   acīs meitenēm aust mīlas smaids ― a lovely smile dawned in the girls' eyes

4. (rare, of memories) to come back, to reach awareness

   atmiņā aust bijušās dienas ― the past days are dawning in (one's) memory

prefixed verbs:

• ausma, rītausma
• (poetic) austra
• austrumi

From earlier *aus-ti, from Proto-Baltic *aud-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-dʰ-, from *h₂ew- (“to braid, to weave”) (earlier “to tie, to bind”), with an extension in *-dʰ-. The present form comes from *aud-yō > *aužuo > aužu. Cognates include Lithuanian áusti, Proto-Slavic *usti (Russian dialectal усло (uslo, “a started fabric, canvas”)), Sanskrit ओतुः (ótuḥ, “tissue; web”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [âwst]

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aust (transitive, 1st conjugation, present aužu, aud, auž, past aužu)

1. to weave (to produce fabric from thread in a loom)

   aust linu audeklu ― to weave linen cloth

   aust kokvilnas audumus ― to weave cotton fabric

   aužamās stelles ― (weaving) loom

   fabrikas audējas auž jaunu vilnas kleitu drānu ― the factory weaves weave a new dress cloth/fabric

   aust šitās meitas vairs neprata, vērpt negribēja ― these girls can't weave anymore, and they don't want to spin (either)

2. to weave (to produce fabric, cloth for a certain object; to produce fabric, cloth with certain patterns)

   aust dvieļus, maisus ― to weave towels, sacks

   aust linus, vilnu ― to weave linen (flax), wool

   es aužu linu kreklu ― I am weaving a linen shirt

   tie senos rakstus auž, ko tēvi auduši ― there they weave the old symbols/patterns that (our) fathers (= ancestors) (used to) weave

3. to weave (to make a mesh, a net, a web; also of spiders)

   zvejnieks laivā tīklus auž ― the fisherman is in (his) boat weaving his net

   zirneklis auž tīklu ― the spider is weaving (its) web

• pīt
• vīt

prefixed verbs:

other derived terms:

• audējs, audēja
• audums

From Old Norse austr.

aust (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. alternative form of øst

• austside
• nordaust
• søraust

aust

1. alternative form of øst

• “aust” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /œʊ̯st/, /œʊ̯ːst/

From Old Norse austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą.

aust (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. east

   Ved soloppgang står sola i aust.

   The Sun is in the east at sunrise.

From Old Norse austr.

aust

1. east

• “aust” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.