kas

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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

kas

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kashmiri.

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

kas

  1. plural of ka

Anagrams[edit]

Afar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkas/, [ˈkʌs]
  • Hyphenation: kas

Noun[edit]

kás m 

  1. advise
  2. mind
  3. wisdom
  4. intelligence

Declension[edit]

Declension of kás
absolutive kás
predicative kása
subjective kás
genitive kastí
Postpositioned forms
l-case kásal
k-case kásak
t-case kásat
h-case kásah

References[edit]

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “kas”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch kast.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kas (plural kaste)

  1. A cupboard.

Breton[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Breton cas, from Proto-Brythonic *kas, from Proto-Celtic *kassis.

Noun[edit]

kas m

  1. hatred

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb[edit]

kas

  1. To send.

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Shortening of kalas.

Verb[edit]

kas

  1. To squander.

Adjective[edit]

kas

  1. wasteful

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kas f

  1. genitive plural of kasa

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch casse, from Old French casse, from Italian cassa, from Latin capsa. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɑs/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: kas
  • Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun[edit]

kas f (plural kassen, diminutive kasje n)

  1. (Netherlands) A greenhouse.
    Synonyms: broeikas, kweekhuis, serre (Belgium)
  2. A public or private entity, mainly concerned with managing funds for a certain purpose, after which it is often named.
  3. A counter, room etc. where cash payments are made and/or received.
  4. A protective casing.
  5. (dated) cash
    geld in kas - cash in hand
  6. Archaic form of kassa.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Negerhollands: kas
  • Caribbean Javanese: kas
  • Sranan Tongo: kasi

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from kaasas.

Particle[edit]

kas

  1. Used to introduce a yes-or-no question.
    Kas ta on saabunud?
    Has she arrived?

See also[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the imperative katso! (look!), from katsoa (to look).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑs/, [ˈkɑ̝s̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑs
  • Syllabification(key): kas

Interjection[edit]

kas

  1. look!, oh!, my!, behold! (used as expression of surprise, often accompanied with -pa -suffix in the verb used to explain the reason for astonishment)
    Kas, onpa sinulla suuret hampaat!
    My, what big teeth you have!
    Kas vain, onpa poika kasvanut!
    Look at that, how the boy has grown up!
  2. look (used to start an explanation)
    Kas, asia on niin, että...
    Look, the thing is that...

Usage notes[edit]

The use of kas is getting out of fashion as opening of an explanation and it is largely replaced in speech by kato.

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

kas m

  1. plural of ka

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

kas

  1. Romanization of 𐌺𐌰𐍃

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a Slavic language. Compare Czech koš.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kas (plural kasok)

  1. A skep (a beehive made of straw or wicker)
  2. (dialectal) A basket (a tub-shaped larger container made of straw or wicker)
  3. (mining) A cage (a lift in the mine shaft, used for hoisting personnel and materials).

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kas kasok
accusative kast kasokat
dative kasnak kasoknak
instrumental kassal kasokkal
causal-final kasért kasokért
translative kassá kasokká
terminative kasig kasokig
essive-formal kasként kasokként
essive-modal kasul
inessive kasban kasokban
superessive kason kasokon
adessive kasnál kasoknál
illative kasba kasokba
sublative kasra kasokra
allative kashoz kasokhoz
elative kasból kasokból
delative kasról kasokról
ablative kastól kasoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kasé kasoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kaséi kasokéi
Possessive forms of kas
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kasom kasaim
2nd person sing. kasod kasaid
3rd person sing. kasa kasai
1st person plural kasunk kasaink
2nd person plural kasotok kasaitok
3rd person plural kasuk kasaik

Derived terms[edit]

Compound words

References[edit]

  1. ^ kas in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading[edit]

  • kas in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈkas]
  • Hyphenation: kas

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch kas, from Old Italian cassa, from Latin capsa (box, case), from capiō (I take, I seize, I receive), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (to grasp).

Noun[edit]

kas (first-person possessive kasku, second-person possessive kasmu, third-person possessive kasnya)

  1. cash:
    1. money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions.
      Synonyms: tunai, kes
    2. (accounting) liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.
      Synonym: tunai (Standard Malay)
Alternative forms[edit]
  • kes (colloquial)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Dutch kast.

Noun[edit]

kas (first-person possessive kasku, second-person possessive kasmu, third-person possessive kasnya)

  1. A box
    1. A cashbox
    2. A watch-box
Descendants[edit]
  • Ternate: kas (cupboard)

Further reading[edit]

Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the imperative katso! (look!). Akin to Finnish kas.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

kas

  1. look! behold!

References[edit]

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 140

Latgalian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas. Cognates include Latvian kas and Lithuanian kas.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈkas]
  • Hyphenation: kas

Pronoun[edit]

kas

  1. who? what?
  2. who, what, that

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 38

Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas.

Pronoun[edit]

kas (interrogative)

  1. who, what
    kas ir šis cilvēks?who is this person?
    kas tā par grāmatu?what kind of book is it?

kas (relative)

  1. that
  2. which
  3. who

kas (indefinite)

  1. something
    Synonym: kaut kas
    kad gribas ko īpašuwhen you want something special

Declension[edit]

Nominative kas
Accusative ko
Genitive
Dative kam
Locative -

Antonyms[edit]

Lithuanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos.

Pronoun[edit]

kàs

  1. who
    Kàs yrà tàs žmogùs?Who is that person?
  2. what
    Kàs Lietuvõs sóstinė?What is Lithuania's capital?
  3. every[1]
    Synonym: kiekvienas
    • 1922, Šatrijos Ragana (Marija Pečkauskaitė), Sename dvare:
      Iš pradžių, mamai mirus, sapnuodavau ją kas naktį, o dabar tik prieš kokį nors sielvartą, rūpestį, nelaimę.
      At first, when my mother died, I used to dream of her every night, but now I only dream of her when there is some grief, worry or disaster.
  4. used for emphasis
    Synonyms: koks, kaip
    Kàs tõ vaĩko gabùmas![1]What talent this boy has!

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • kas”, in lkz.lt [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  1. 1.0 1.1 Vytautas Ambrazas (2006) Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, pages 198-201, 205-206

Mauritian Creole[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English cash.

Noun[edit]

kas

  1. money
    Synonyms: larzan, paisa
  2. cash

Etymology 2[edit]

From French casser, casse.

Verb[edit]

kas

  1. Medial form of kase

Mòcheno[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German kæse, from Old High German chāsi, kāsi, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, from Latin cāseus (cheese). Cognate with German Käse, English cheese.

Noun[edit]

kas m

  1. cheese

References[edit]

Mokilese[edit]

Noun[edit]

kas (indefinite kasmen)

  1. cat

Old Prussian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos.

Pronoun[edit]

kas

  1. who (interrogative)

Declension[edit]

Singular Plural
m f n ?
Nom. kas quai, quoi ka, kai quai, quoi
Acc. kan, ka, kai kans
Dat. kasmu
Gen.

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese casa and Spanish casa and Kabuverdianu kása.

Noun[edit]

kas

  1. A house
  2. A home.

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kas/
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: kas

Noun[edit]

kas

  1. genitive plural of kasa

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kasъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kȃs m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑с)

  1. A trot (gait of a horse).

Declension[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkas/ [ˈkas]
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: kas

Noun[edit]

kas

  1. plural of ka

Ternate[edit]

Kas.

Etymology[edit]

From Indonesian kas (box), from Dutch kast (cupboard), from Middle Dutch caste (chest), from Old Dutch *kasto, from Frankish *kastō.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kas

  1. A cupboard.

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 29

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From kasmak (to tighten, stretch).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kas

  1. A muscle.
    Synonym: adale

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative kas
Definite accusative kası
Singular Plural
Nominative kas kaslar
Definite accusative kası kasları
Dative kasa kaslara
Locative kasta kaslarda
Ablative kastan kaslardan
Genitive kasın kasların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular kasım kaslarım
2nd singular kasın kasların
3rd singular kası kasları
1st plural kasımız kaslarımız
2nd plural kasınız kaslarınız
3rd plural kasları kasları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular kasımı kaslarımı
2nd singular kasını kaslarını
3rd singular kasını kaslarını
1st plural kasımızı kaslarımızı
2nd plural kasınızı kaslarınızı
3rd plural kaslarını kaslarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular kasıma kaslarıma
2nd singular kasına kaslarına
3rd singular kasına kaslarına
1st plural kasımıza kaslarımıza
2nd plural kasınıza kaslarınıza
3rd plural kaslarına kaslarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular kasımda kaslarımda
2nd singular kasında kaslarında
3rd singular kasında kaslarında
1st plural kasımızda kaslarımızda
2nd plural kasınızda kaslarınızda
3rd plural kaslarında kaslarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular kasımdan kaslarımdan
2nd singular kasından kaslarından
3rd singular kasından kaslarından
1st plural kasımızdan kaslarımızdan
2nd plural kasınızdan kaslarınızdan
3rd plural kaslarından kaslarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular kasımın kaslarımın
2nd singular kasının kaslarının
3rd singular kasının kaslarının
1st plural kasımızın kaslarımızın
2nd plural kasınızın kaslarınızın
3rd plural kaslarının kaslarının

Derived terms[edit]