-ast

From Latin -asta, from Ancient Greek -αστής (-astḗs), from -άζω (-ázō, verbal suffix) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, agent-noun suffix).

-ast

1. someone associated with something

• English terms suffixed with -ast

  chiliast

  ecclesiast

  ekklesiast

  elegiast

  -astic

  utopiast

• -ist

• S.A.T., Sta., ats, TAs, Sat., Sta, sta, S. A. T., sat, ATs, tas, sat., Tas., ATS, Sat, at's, TSA, SAT, T(S/A), TAS, T.A.s, Tas, TA's, STA

From Latin -āvistī, combination of the first conjugation perfect infix -āv and the second person singular present perfect indicative ending -istī.

-ast

1. Archaic, used to form the second person singular preterite indicative of first conjugation verbs up to XVI century

• This form fell out of use, being largely replaced by the analogical ending -ares, or by the periphrastic past with vas or vares.

• IPA^(key): /ɑst/

From Proto-West Germanic *-ōs with paragogic -t added from when þū follows (compare Anglian Old English -as), from Proto-Germanic *-ōsi, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yési.

• -as — Anglian

-ast (verb inflectional suffix)

1. marks the second person singular present indicative of class II weak verbs

   ‎lufian (“to love”) + ‎-ast → ‎lufast (“you (sg.)/thou love”)

• Middle English: -est, -ist, -yst, -st (especially Late Middle English), -ost, -ust (Southwestern, West Midland)
  • English: -est, -st (archaic)
  • → Middle Scots: -est, -ist (literary, under Chaucerian influence)

-ast (superlative adjective and superlative adverb inflectional suffix)

1. alternative form of -ost; forms superlative adjectives and adverbs

From Old Norse -astr, from Proto-Germanic *-ōstaz.

-ast

1. creates superlative of an adjective, if the noun comes before the adjective, and the noun is in indefinite singular form.

• In other cases, the adjective ends in -asta or (more commonly) -aste.
• For long adjectives (more than 2-3 syllables) superlative is constructed by the word mest (similar to the English use of most).

• tas