cás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cas"

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑːsˠ/, /kaːsˠ/

Etymology 1

From Middle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin cāsus (“a fall”), perfect passive participle of cadō (“to fall”).

Noun

cás m (genitive singular cáis, nominative plural cásanna)

1. case (actual event, situation, or fact; piece of work)
2. instance (case offered as an example)
3. (law) case (legal proceeding), action
4. (medicine) case (instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms)
5. affair (that which is or is to be done; any proceeding characterized vaguely)
6. situation (state of affairs), scenario

Declension

Declension of cás (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cás cásanna vocative a cháis a chásanna genitive cáis cásanna dative cás cásanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cás na cásanna genitive an cháis na gcásanna dative leis an gcás don chás leis na cásanna

Derived terms

• cuir i gcás
• in anchás
• cruachás

Etymology 2

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

Noun

cás m (genitive singular cáis, nominative plural cásanna)

1. case (box; piece of luggage; sheath, covering; pack of bottles or cans), suitcase
2. (typography) case (the nature of a piece of alphabetic type)
3. cage (enclosure)

Declension

Declension of cás (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cás cásanna vocative a cháis a chásanna genitive cáis cásanna dative cás cásanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cás na cásanna genitive an cháis na gcásanna dative leis an gcás don chás leis na cásanna

Derived terms

• cás íochtair
• cás uachtair
• cásáil
• clogás

Mutation

Mutated forms of cás

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cás	chás	gcás

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cás ‘case, matter, circumstance’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cás (e.g. glass case)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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