աստ

From *սո- (*so-) grown with an obscure suffix -տ (-t) found also in անդ (and) as -դ (-d).

աստ • (ast)

1. here, in this place

   աստ է ― ast ē ― he or it is here

   աստ եւ անդ ― ast ew and ― here and there, this way, that way

2. now, at this time

   անդ եւ աստ ― and ew ast ― then.. and now

• Armenian: աստ (ast)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press