Old English · noun

gnast

Normalised gnāst

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ɡnɑːst/
Syllables: ɡnɑːst (1 syllable)
Modern English: gnast snaast snace snaice snaich snaist snast snaste

Meaning

spark

Declension

Declension of gnast
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gnāst	gnāstas
Accusative	gnāst	gnāstas
Genitive	gnāstes	gnāsta
Dative	gnāste	gnāstum

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”).

Descendants

gnast, snaast, snace, snaice, snaich, snaist, snast, snaste

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