ăst

Etymology
, either through the accusative or a popular  form. Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Determiner

 * 1)  this

Usage notes
Not commonly used anymore outside of a literary and/or popular regional context; rather, the variant is used more often. Functions as a demonstrative adjective when used in front of a noun. Use when as a pronoun (or adjective/demonstrative as well, in which case it goes after the noun).

Also used in certain compositions such as, , , , etc.