aust

See also: Aust

Estonian

Noun

aust

1. elative singular of au

Latvian

Etymology 1

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [àwst]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of aust

	indicative (īstenības izteiksme)					imperative (pavēles izteiksme)
		present (tagadne)	past (pagātne)		future (nākotne)
1st person sg	es	—	—		—	—
2nd person sg	tu	—	—		—	—
3rd person sg	viņš, viņa	aust	ausa		ausīs	lai aust
1st person pl	mēs	—	—		—	—
2nd person pl	jūs	—	—		—	—
3rd person pl	viņi, viņas	aust	ausa		ausīs	lai aust
renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme)				participles (divdabji)
present	austot			present active 1 (adj.)		austošs
past	esot ausis			present active 2 (adv.)		ausdams
future	ausīšot			present active 3 (adv.)		austot
imperative	lai austot			present active 4 (obj.)		austam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme)				past active		ausis
present	austu			present passive		—
past	būtu ausis			past passive		—
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme)				nominal forms
indicative	(būt) jāaust			infinitive (nenoteiksme)		aust
conjunctive 1	esot jāaust			negative infinitive		neaust
conjunctive 2	jāaustot			verbal noun		aušana

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:

• aizaust
• ataust
• izaust
• paaust
• uzaust

Related terms

• ausma, rītausma
• (poetic) austra
• austrumi

Etymology 2

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [âwst]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of aust

	indicative (īstenības izteiksme)					imperative (pavēles izteiksme)
		present (tagadne)	past (pagātne)		future (nākotne)
1st person sg	es	aužu	audu		audīšu	—
2nd person sg	tu	aud	audi		audīsi	aud
3rd person sg	viņš, viņa	auž	auda		audīs	lai auž
1st person pl	mēs	aužam	audām		audīsim	audīsim
2nd person pl	jūs	aužat	audāt		audīsiet, audīsit	audiet
3rd person pl	viņi, viņas	auž	auda		audīs	lai auž
renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme)				participles (divdabji)
present	aužot			present active 1 (adj.)		audošs
past	esot audis			present active 2 (adv.)		auzdams
future	audīšot			present active 3 (adv.)		aužot
imperative	lai aužot			present active 4 (obj.)		aužam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme)				past active		audis
present	austu			present passive		aužams
past	būtu audis			past passive		austs
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme)				nominal forms
indicative	(būt) jāauž			infinitive (nenoteiksme)		aust
conjunctive 1	esot jāauž			negative infinitive		neaust
conjunctive 2	jāaužot			verbal noun		aušana

Synonyms

• pīt
• vīt

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:

• aizaust
• apaust
• ieaust
• izaust
• noaust
• paaust
• pāraust
• pieaust
• saaust
• uzaust

other derived terms:

• audējs, audēja
• audums

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse austr.

Noun

aust (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. alternative form of øst

Derived terms

• austside
• nordaust
• søraust

Adverb

aust

1. alternative form of øst

References

• “aust” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œʊ̯st/, /œʊ̯ːst/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

aust (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. east

   Ved soloppgang står sola i aust.

   The Sun is in the east at sunrise.

Derived terms

• Aust-Timor
• Austlandet
• austlending
• austmann
• austre
• austside
• nordaust
• søraust
• øystre

Etymology 2

From Old Norse austr.

Adverb

aust

1. east

References

• “aust” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.