-ast

Swedish

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

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse -astr derived from Proto-Germanic *-ลstaz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*-ลstaz

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