qas

See also: QAS, QAs, qaş, and qāš

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ki(i)atśi-, from Proto-Indo-European *kei-(h2-) (“to put, set in motion”). Cognate to Ancient Greek κίατο ἐκινει̃το (kíato ekineĩto), Lithuanian kečiù, kėsti (“to stretch”).

Verb

qas (aorist qasa, participle qasur)

1. to approach, draw near, receive (at home), go away
2. to access

Related terms

• has
• qall
• qoj

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔas/

Adverb

qas

1. (colloquial) Contraction of lanqas: not even, nor

Northern Kurdish

Noun

qas m or f

1. amount, quantity

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “qas”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 472

Somali

Verb

qas

1. to mix

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قاس (qās).

Verb

qas (Tifinagh spelling ⵇⴰⵙ)

1. (transitive) to taste
2. (transitive) to try, to compare

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• Verbal noun: aqasi (“tasting”)
• Causative: sqas (“to give to taste”)
• Passive: twaqqes (“to be tasted”)
• aseqqas (“unripe fig”)