cách

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See also: cach, Cach, cac'h, càch, and cạch

Muong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Vietic *kac, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kac. Cognate with Vietnamese cắt (to cut).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

cách

  1. to cut
  2. to harvest

References[edit]

  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂-kʷo-. Cognate with Middle Welsh pawb and modern Welsh pawb, Old Church Slavonic какъ (kakŭ, what kind of), Lithuanian kõks (what kind of).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

cách (genitive cáich)

  1. everyone
  2. whoever

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cách.

Usage notes[edit]

Often modified by the definite article in when defined by a relative clause.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: cách
  • Scottish Gaelic: càch

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cách chách cách
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun[edit]

cách

  1. way, manner, fashion
    cách làm việcthe way of working
    một cách nhanh chóngquickly, rapidly
  2. (grammar, linguistics) grammatical case
    sở hữu cách/cách sở hữuthe genitive case
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Prefix[edit]

cách

  1. (in certain expression, often literary) Forming intensifiers preceding certain particles and quantifiers
    dù có cố gắng cách mấy...no matter how hard you try...

Etymology 2[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Verb[edit]

cách

  1. to be distant from, to be separated from
    Nhà tui cách thành phố 50 cây số.
    My house is 50 kilometers from (the/a) city.
    Tôi không biết khoảng cách đó là bao nhiêu.
    I don't know how far that is. (lit. what the distance is)

Prefix[edit]

cách

  1. non-conductive or -proof or insulating
    Antonym: dẫn
    cách điệnnon-electroconductive, (electrically) insulating
    cách nhiệtnon-thermoconductive, (thermally) insulating
    cách âmsoundproof

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Etymology 3[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Verb[edit]

cách

  1. (only in compounds) to change, to reform
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms