# aust
## Estonian
### Noun

aust
* 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: [àwst]
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

aust
* third-person singular/plural present indicative of aust
* (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of aust
* (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of aust
aust (intransitive, 1st conjugation, only 3rd person, present aust, past ausa)
* 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
* 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
* (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
* (rare, of memories) to come back, to reach awareness
    atmiņā aust bijušās dienas ― the past days are dawning in (one's) memory

##### 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: [âwst]
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

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

##### Synonyms

* pīt
* vīt

##### Derived terms

    prefixed verbs:
* aizaust
* apaust
* ieaust
* izaust
* noaust
* paaust
* pāraust
* pieaust
* saaust
* uzaust
    other derived terms:
* audējs, audēja
* audums

### References

* 1 2 Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “aust”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse austr.

### Noun

aust (indeclinable) (uncountable)
* alternative form of øst

#### Derived terms

* austside
* nordaust
* søraust

### Adverb

aust
* alternative form of øst

### References

* “aust” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /œʊ̯st/, /œʊ̯ːst/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

aust (indeclinable) (uncountable)
* 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
* east

### References

* “aust” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.