cás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cas"

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English cas, from Anglo-Norman casse (“box, chest, case”) (compare Old French chasse), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capiō (“I take, seize, hold”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /kɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kaːsˠ/

Noun

cás m (genitive singular cáis, nominative plural cásanna)

1. case

   D’fhág sin figiúr iomlán de 2 chás idir lámha. ― It gave an overall figure of 2 cases in hand.

2. affair
3. cage
4. suitcase
5. concern
6. situation
7. scenario
8. shell

Declension

Declension of cás

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cás cásanna Vocative a cháis a chásanna Genitive cáis cásanna Dative cás cásanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cás na cásanna Genitive an cháis na gcásanna Dative leis an gcás don chás leis na cásanna

Derived terms

• clogás
• cruachás
• cuir i gcás
• in anchás

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cás	chás	gcás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 67

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka(j)s/ [ˈka(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka(j)s/ [ˈka(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈka(j)ʃ/ [ˈka(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -as, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃ, (Brazil) -ajs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
• Homophone: cais (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: cás

Noun

cás

1. plural of cá