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restan

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch restant, from French restant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛs.tan]
  • Hyphenation: rès‧tan

Noun

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rèstan (plural restan-restan)

  1. (colloquial, somewhat dated) remnant, remainder
    Synonyms: sisa, kelebihan

Further reading

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Ladin

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Verb

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restan

  1. gerund of rester

Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *rastijan, derived from the noun *rastu (Old English ræst). Cognate with Old Frisian resta, Old Saxon restian, Old High German resten.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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restan

  1. to rest (intransitive or transitive)
    Hīe reston þrī dagas.
    They rested for three days.
    Cum þū hider and rest þīn limu.
    Come here and rest your limbs.
Usage notes
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  • Often used transitively with an accusative reflexive pronoun where an intransitive use would suffice, with no apparent change in meaning: hine reste ("He rested"; literally, "he rested himself").
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Middle English: resten

Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *raustijan, from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną. Cognate with Old Norse reysta.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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rēstan

  1. Alternative form of rīestan
Conjugation
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Spanish

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Verb

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restan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of restar