English

Abbreviation

Aust

1. Australia, Australian

Anagrams

• stau, taus, USAT, usta, utas

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [àwst]

Verb

aust

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of aust
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of aust
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of aust
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of aust

aust intr., 1st conj., only 3rd person, pres. aust, past ausa

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

   rīts ausa lēni‎ ― the morning dawned slowly

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

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

   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

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:

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 extra -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]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [âwst]

Verb

aust tr., 1st conj., pres. 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

Synonyms

• pīt
• vīt

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:

other derived terms:

• audējs, audēja
• audums

References

1. 1 2 Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “aust”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Norwegian

Alternative forms

• øst (Bokmål)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

aust m ‎(definite singular austen)

1. east

   Ved soloppgang står sola i aust.‎

   The Sun is in the east at sunrise.

Derived terms

• austmann (Nynorsk)
• Aust-Timor (Nynorsk)
• nordaust (Bokmål), nordaust (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse austr.

Adverb

aust

1. east

References

• “aust” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.