"gnast" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: gnasts [plural]
Rhymes: -æst Etymology: From Middle English gnast, knast, from Old English *gnāst (“spark”) (attested in fȳrgnāst (“spark of fire”)), from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + Proto-Germanic *hnaistô (“spark”), perhaps from the ultimate (imitative) source of German knistern (“to crackle”). Cognate with German dialectal Ganster (“spark”), Danish gnist (“spark, sparkle”), Swedish gnista (“spark”), Icelandic gneisti, neisti (“spark”), German Gneis (“spark, gneiss”) (whence English gneiss). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gnast}} Middle English gnast, {{m|enm|knast}} knast, {{inh|en|ang|*gnāst|t=spark}} Old English *gnāst (“spark”), {{m|ang|fȳrgnāst|t=spark of fire}} fȳrgnāst (“spark of fire”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gahnaistô|t=spark}} Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*ga-}} Proto-Germanic *ga-, {{der|en|gem-pro|*hnaistô|t=spark}} Proto-Germanic *hnaistô (“spark”), {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|de|knistern||to crackle}} German knistern (“to crackle”), {{cog|de|-}} German, {{m|de|Ganster||spark}} Ganster (“spark”), {{cog|da|gnist||spark, sparkle}} Danish gnist (“spark, sparkle”), {{cog|sv|gnista||spark}} Swedish gnista (“spark”), {{cog|is|gneisti}} Icelandic gneisti, {{m|is|neisti||spark}} neisti (“spark”), {{cog|de|Gneis||spark, gneiss}} German Gneis (“spark, gneiss”), {{cog|en|gneiss}} English gneiss Head templates: {{en-noun}} gnast (plural gnasts)
  1. (obsolete) A spark; a dying or dead spark, as of a snuffed candle. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-gnast-en-noun-L5fZ5pby Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 71 14 2 13 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 15 2 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Forms: gnasts [present, singular, third-person], gnasting [participle, present], gnasted [participle, past], gnasted [past]
Rhymes: -æst Etymology: From Middle English gnasten, gnaisten, from Old English *gnǣstan, from Proto-Germanic *gnaistijaną, causative of *gnīstijaną (“to grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneydh-, *gʰneyd- (“to gnaw, scratch, rub”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian knasterje (“to gnash”), German Low German gnatschen (“to knead, gnash”), German knastern (“to gnash”), Icelandic gnesta (“to crack”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gnasten}} Middle English gnasten, {{m|enm|gnaisten}} gnaisten, {{inh|en|ang|*gnǣstan}} Old English *gnǣstan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gnaistijaną}} Proto-Germanic *gnaistijaną, {{m|gem-pro|*gnīstijaną|t=to grind}} *gnīstijaną (“to grind”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰneydh-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰneydh-, {{m|ine-pro|*gʰneyd-|t=to gnaw, scratch, rub}} *gʰneyd- (“to gnaw, scratch, rub”), {{cog|stq|knasterje||to gnash}} Saterland Frisian knasterje (“to gnash”), {{cog|nds-de|gnatschen||to knead, gnash}} German Low German gnatschen (“to knead, gnash”), {{cog|de|knastern||to gnash}} German knastern (“to gnash”), {{cog|is|gnesta||to crack}} Icelandic gnesta (“to crack”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gnast (third-person singular simple present gnasts, present participle gnasting, simple past and past participle gnasted)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To gnash. Tags: intransitive, obsolete, transitive Derived forms: gnasting
    Sense id: en-gnast-en-verb-89I~z10u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ɡnast/, /ɡnɔːst/
Etymology: From Old English *gnāst, from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|*gnāst}} Old English *gnāst, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*gahnaistô}} Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} gnast
  1. spark (small fire)
    Sense id: en-gnast-enm-noun-f-33gTBH
  2. ash (burnt-out lit matter) Categories (topical): Fire
    Sense id: en-gnast-enm-noun-7iXhTnQZ Disambiguation of Fire: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gnost, gnoste, knast

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /ɡnɑːst/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *gahnaistō, from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + Proto-Germanic *hnaistô (“spark”), perhaps from the ultimate (imitative) source of German knistern (“to crackle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*gahnaistō}} Proto-West Germanic *gahnaistō, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*gahnaistô||spark}} Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), {{der|ang|gem-pro|*ga-}} Proto-Germanic *ga-, {{der|ang|gem-pro|*hnaistô||spark}} Proto-Germanic *hnaistô (“spark”), {{onomatopoeic|ang|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|de|knistern||to crackle}} German knistern (“to crackle”) Head templates: {{head|ang|reconstructed nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=*gnāst|sort=}} *gnāst m, {{ang-noun|m|head=*gnāst}} *gnāst m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|*gnāst}}, {{ang-decl-noun|*gnāst|*gnāstas|*gnāst|*gnāstas|*gnāstes|*gnāsta|*gnāste|*gnāstum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: gnāst [canonical, masculine], strong [table-tags], gnāst [nominative, singular], gnāstas [nominative, plural], gnāst [accusative, singular], gnāstas [accusative, plural], gnāstes [genitive, singular], gnāsta [genitive, plural], gnāste [dative, singular], gnāstum [dative, plural]
  1. spark Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers Tags: reconstruction Derived forms: fȳrgnāst
    Sense id: en-gnast-ang-noun-kvRzgJ5Z Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English onomatopoeias

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "lang": "Old English",
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old English/gnast",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English onomatopoeias",
        "Old English reconstructed nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spark"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spark",
          "spark"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡnɑːst/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gnast"
}

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