aught

«aught» in Mova's school dictionary: anything at all — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

pronoun (old use)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) Aught means anything at all. tree →

2) In «for aught I know» it means as far as I know, for all I know. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales and old stories, a way of asking if someone knows anything about a matter.

examples

• Do you know aught of the lost boy? tree →
• If you hear aught, come and tell me. tree →
• She may be at home, for aught I know. tree →

note

nothing for maths; in old tales «aught» means anything, not zero, so do not read it as a count

In the corpora

• And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
• And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
• But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you.
• And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.
• And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «aught» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.