bast in Faroese

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Etymology: From Old Norse bast (“bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made”), from Proto-West Germanic *bast (“bast, rope”) via a borrowing from West Germanic, perhaps an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *bʰask-, *bʰasḱ- (“bundle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fo|non|bast||bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made}} Old Norse bast (“bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made”), {{der|fo|gmw-pro|*bast||bast, rope}} Proto-West Germanic *bast (“bast, rope”), {{der|fo|ine-pro|*bʰask-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- Head templates: {{head|fo|noun|genitive singular|basts|||||uncountable||||||cat2=|cat3=uncountable nouns|g=n|head=}} bast n (genitive singular basts, uncountable), {{fo-noun|n|basts|-}} bast n (genitive singular basts, uncountable) Inflection templates: {{fo-decl-noun-n3-s|bast}} Forms: basts [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], bast [indefinite, nominative, singular], bastið [definite, nominative, singular], bast [accusative, indefinite, singular], bastið [accusative, definite, singular], basti [dative, indefinite, singular], bastinum [dative, definite, singular], basts [genitive, indefinite, singular], bastsins [definite, genitive, singular]

Verb

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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "bastið",
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"bast" meaning in Faroese

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