Jump to content
Search

ask

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: Ask, ASK, and aşk

Translingual

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Abbreviation of English Ashkun or a clipping of Ashkun Aṣkuňu.

Symbol

[edit]

ask

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ashkun.

See also

[edit]

English

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂isḱéti
Proto-Germanic *iskaną
Proto-Germanic *aiskaz
Proto-West Germanic *aisk
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-West Germanic *-ōn
Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn
Old English āscian
Middle English asken
English ask

    From Middle English asken, axen, from Old English āscian, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to wish; request”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian aaskje (“to ask, demand, require”), West Frisian easkje (“to ask, demand, require”), Dutch eisen (“to demand, require”), German heischen (“to ask, request, implore”), Russian иска́ть (iskátʹ), Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti) (whence Hindi ईछना (īchnā).

    Verb

    [edit]
    Wikidata has a Lexeme related to:

    ask (third-person singular simple present asks, present participle asking, simple past and past participle asked)

    1. To request or petition.
      1. (transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).
        I asked her age.
        I didn't know the answer so I asked.
        • 2022 October 14, Justin Curto, “The 1975’s Matty Healy Prefers Writing Lyrics He’s Afraid Of”, in Vulture‎[1], archived from the original on 18 October 2022:
          Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.
      2. (transitive or ditransitive) To request or enquire of (a person).
        I asked her (for) her age.
        I’m going to ask this lady (for) directions.
        If you want to know, ask her.
        Ask him that he tell her —No need to, she'll already know by know.
      3. (transitive usually with 'for' or intransitive) To request (an item or service) (see also ask for).
        to ask for a second helping at dinner
        to ask for help with homework
        to ask a favour
        If you want help, you only have to ask.
        • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 7:7:
          Ask, and it shall be given you.
        • 2019 October 8, Christina Maxouris and Doug Criss, “Everything you wanted to know about Yom Kippur”, in CNN‎[2]:
          Services during Yom Kippur are held continuously through the day and include readings from the Torah and the reciting of prayers expressing regret or asking for forgiveness.
      4. (transitive) To request (someone to do something).
        Emma asked Jim to close his eyes.
      5. To request permission (to do something).
        She asked to see the doctor.
        Did you ask to use the car?
    2. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
      to ask a question
      to ask a riddle
    3. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
      What price are you asking for the house?
      It’s asking a lot of this old car to make it all the way up to Scotland.
      • 1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
        But in any Exigence of State, like that they are now pressed with, it certainly asks a much longer time to conduct any Design, for the Good of the Common-wealth, to its Maturity and Perfection.
    4. To invite.
      Don’t ask them to the wedding.
    5. (figurative, chiefly continuous aspect) To indirectly encourage or make more likely (an undesirable outcome).
      Walking around with such an expensive watch is asking to be mugged.
    6. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
    7. (figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.
      • 1990 April 26, Paul Wiseman, “Dark days”, in USA Today:
        Even when the damage isn't that clear cut, the intangible burdens of a bad image can add up. Just ask Dow Chemical.
    Usage notes
    [edit]
    Conjugation
    [edit]
    Conjugation of ask
    infinitive (to) ask
    present tense past tense
    1st-person singular ask, aks1 asked, aksed1
    2nd-person singular ask, askest† asked, askedst†
    3rd-person singular asks, aks1, akses1, asketh† asked, aksed1
    plural ask, asken† asked, aksed1
    subjunctive ask asked
    imperative ask —
    participles asking, aksing1 asked, aksed1

    † Archaic or obsolete. 1 Dialectal.

    Hyponyms
    [edit]
    Derived terms
    [edit]
    Descendants
    [edit]
    • ⇒ Tok Pisin: askim
    Translations
    [edit]

    Noun

    [edit]
    Wikidata has a Lexeme related to:

    ask (plural asks) (informal)

    1. An act or instance of asking.
      • 2005, Laura Fredricks, The ask:
        To ask for a gift is a privilege, a wonderful expression of commitment to and ownership of the organization. Getting a yes to an ask can be a rush, but asking for the gift can and should be just as rewarding.
      • 2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “No Marston Vale line trains... and no one in charge seems to 'give a damn'”, in RAIL, number 972, page 46:
        That really does not seem much of an ask.
    2. Something asked or asked for.
      Synonym: request
      I know this is a big ask, but …
      • 2008, Doug Fields, Duffy Robbins, Speaking to Teenagers:
        Communication researchers call this the foot-in-the-door syndrome. Essentially it's based on the observation that people who respond positively to a small “ask” are more likely to respond to a bigger “ask” later on.
    3. An asking price.
      • 2018, David Borman, Day Trading 101, page 12:
        The buy prices are a bit higher than the sell prices; the difference between the buy/sell is called bid/ask spread. If you are selling a stock, you’ll get the bid price; if you are buying a stock, you’ll get the ask price.
    4. (Internet) A message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient.
      • 2017, Abigail Oakley, “Supporting one another: Nonbinary community building on Tumblr”, in Isabel K. Düsterhöft, Paul G. Nixon, editors, Sex in the Digital Age, unnumbered page:
        Answering 'asks' like this is one common way that Tumblr bloggers interact with their followers, so it is in the act of publicly answering these asks that I examine community building practices.
      • 2018, Lynette Kvasny, Fay Cobb Payton, “African American Youth Tumbling Toward Mental Health Support-Seeking and Positive Academic Outcomes”, in Amanda Ochsner, William G. Tierney, Zoë B. Corwin, editors, Diversifying Digital Learning: Online Literacy and Educational Opportunity‎[3], page 168:
        The following example from Black Mental Health illustrates an ask from an anonymous follower seeking social support: […]
      • 2020, Lee Brown, “Behind the Scenes of a Popular Trans Youth Resources Tumblr”, in Alexander Cho, Allison McCracken, Indira N. Hoch, Louisa Stein, editors, A Tumblr Book: Platforms and Cultures‎[4], page 265:
        Once the number of unanswered Asks in the inbox was over eight thousand, despite us deleting everything accumulated in the inbox once a year.
      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ask.
    Derived terms
    [edit]

    Etymology 2

    [edit]
    Wikidata has a Lexeme related to:

      From Middle English aske, arske, ascre, from Old English āþexe (“lizard, newt”), from Proto-West Germanic *agiþahsijā (“lizard”), a compound of *agiz (“snake, lizard”) + *þahsuz (“badger”). Cognate of German Echse (“lizard”).

      Alternative forms

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      ask (plural asks)(puristic, otherwise UK dialectal)

      1. (also Scotland) An eft; newt.
        • 1876, S. Smiles, Scottish Naturalist:
          He looked at the beast. It was not an eel. It was very like an ask.
      2. A lizard.
        • 1951, Malcolm Arthur Smith, The British Amphibians & Reptiles, page 258:
          We hear of Adder dens, but detailed accounts of the discovery of one are very rare. Service (1902) records that a peatman, when levelling on an estate by the Solway, found in a hole in the ground, some 8 inches below the surface, 40 adders, 10 toads and a large number of asks (lizards).

      Anagrams

      [edit]

      Danish

      [edit]
      Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia da
      en ask – Fraxinus angustifolia

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      ask c (singular definite asken, plural indefinite aske)

      1. ash tree (Fraxinus spp.), especially, common ash (tree, Fraxinus excelsior)

      Declension

      [edit]
      Declension of ask
      common
      gender       		singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative ask asken aske askene
      genitive asks askens askes askenes

      References

      [edit]

      Faroese

      [edit]

      Alternative forms

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, *askiz.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      ask f (genitive singular askar, plural askir)

      1. ash tree
      2. ash wood

      Declension

      [edit]
      f2 singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative ask askin askir askirnar
      accusative ask askina askir askirnar
      dative ask askini askum askunum
      genitive askar askarinnar aska askanna

      Icelandic

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      ask

      1. indefinite accusative singular of askur

      Northern Kurdish

      [edit]

      Alternative forms

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-. Confer Persian آهو (âhu).

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      ask f (Arabic spelling ئاسک)

      1. gazelle
      2. deer

      Declension

      [edit]
      Declension of ask
      definite feminine gender
      case singular plural
      nominative ask ask
      construct aska askên
      oblique askê askan
      demonstrative oblique wê askê wan askan
      vocative askê askino
      indefinite feminine gender
      case singular plural
      nominative askek askin
      construct askeke askine
      oblique askekê askinan

      References

      [edit]
      • Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “ask”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 14

      Norwegian Bokmål

      [edit]
      Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia no

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz.

      Noun

      [edit]

      ask m (definite singular asken, indefinite plural asker, definite plural askene)

      1. European ash (ash tree) Fraxinus excelsior

      References

      [edit]

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      [edit]
      Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia nn

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz. Akin to English ash.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      ask m (definite singular asken, indefinite plural askar, definite plural askane)

      1. European ash (ash tree) Fraxinus excelsior

      References

      [edit]

      Old Norse

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      ask

      1. accusative singular of askr

      Old Saxon

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Proto-West Germanic *ask.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      ask m

      1. ash tree
      2. spear

      Declension

      [edit]
      ask (masculine a-stem)
      singular plural
      nominative ask askos
      accusative ask askos
      genitive askes askō
      dative aske askum
      instrumental — —

      Descendants

      [edit]
      • Middle Low German: esk

      Swedish

      [edit]
      Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia sv

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Old Swedish asker, from Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ōs- (“ash”).

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      ask c

      1. European ash (tree) Fraxinus excelsior
      2. a small box (with a loose lid)
        Synonyms: låda, skrin

      Declension

      [edit]
      Declension of ask
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite ask asks
      definite asken askens
      plural indefinite askar askars
      definite askarna askarnas

      Derived terms

      [edit]

      Descendants

      [edit]

      See also

      [edit]

      References

      [edit]

      Anagrams

      [edit]
      Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=ask&oldid=91565981"
      ask
      Add topic
      Morty Proxy This is a proxified and sanitized view of the page, visit original site.