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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cas"

Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of English Chimané with s as a placeholder, influenced by Tsimané.

Symbol

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cas

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tsimané.

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English

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cas (comparative more cas, superlative most cas)

  1. (informal) Abbreviation of casual.
    • 2015, The Intern:
      don't feel like you have to dress up. I mean, we're super cas here

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin cāsus (“case”).

Noun

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cas m (plural casos)

  1. case (event, situation, or fact)
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Etymology 2

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Contraction

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cas

  1. contraction of ca +‎ es

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Drehu

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Drehu cardinal numbers
1 2  > 
    Cardinal : cas

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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cas

  1. one

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French cas, borrowed from Latin cāsus.

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Noun

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cas m (invariable)

  1. case, situation
    dans la très grande majorité des cas ― in the great majority of cases
  2. (medicine) case
  3. (law) case
    cas clinique ― clinical case
  4. (grammar) case

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Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: ka

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Anagrams

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese cas (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), proclitic form of casa (“house”) in some adverbial phrases.

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Noun

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cas f (invariable)

  1. house; chez
    • 19th century, folk-song:
      Trigo limpo non o hai; se queres algún centeo, vai por el a cas meu pai
      There's no clean wheat; if you want some rye, go fetch it chez my father
    Na cas do ferreiro, coitelo de pau (proverb) ― At the smith's house, knife of wood

Usage notes

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When preceding the preposition de this proclitic form, rather than casa, is frequently used.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay cas, from English charge (“fast ground attack; electric charge”). Cognate of Malay caj.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃas]
  • Hyphenation: cas
  • Rhymes: -as

Noun

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cas (plural cas-cas)

  1. a type of hand game

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Verb

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cas

  1. (colloquial) to charge, to add energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery)

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Irish

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FWOTD – 28 June 2018

Etymology

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From Old Irish cass (“curly, curly-haired”), from Proto-Celtic *kassos (“curly, twisted, woven”).

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Adjective

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cas (genitive singular masculine cais, genitive singular feminine caise, plural casa, comparative caise)

  1. twisted, winding; curly
  2. complicated, intricate
  3. twisty, devious

Declension

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Declension of cas
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cas chas casa;
chasa2
vocative chais casa
genitive caise casa cas
dative cas;
chas1 		chas;
chais (archaic) 		casa;
chasa2
Comparative níos caise
Superlative is caise

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Verb

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cas (present analytic casann, future analytic casfaidh, verbal noun casadh, past participle casta) (ambitransitive)

  1. twist
  2. turn
  3. wind
  4. twist, wind, wrap (something) around (something else) [with ar or thar]
  5. (voice, music) sing, play (a song, tune)
    Tá sé ag casadh amhráin. ― He’s singing a song.
  6. return
  7. (with le)
    1. reproach with
    2. attempt
  9. (in the autonomous) meet with [with ar or do or le]
    Casadh an fear orm. ― I met the man.
    Cathain a casfar ort í? ― When will you meet her?
  10. (in the autonomous) happen to have [with chuig or ag]

Conjugation

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Conjugation of cas (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present casaim casann tú;
casair† 		casann sé, sí casaimid; casann muid casann sibh casann siad;
casaid† 		a chasann; a chasas castar
past chas mé; chasas chas tú; chasais chas sé, sí chasamar; chas muid chas sibh; chasabhair chas siad; chasadar a chas casadh
past habitual chasainn /
casainn‡ 		chastá /
castᇠ		chasadh sé, sí /
casadh sé, sí‡ 		chasaimis; chasadh muid /
casaimis‡; casadh muid‡ 		chasadh sibh /
casadh sibh‡ 		chasaidís; chasadh siad /
casaidís‡; casadh siad‡ 		a chasadh chastaí /
castaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future casfaidh mé;
casfad 		casfaidh tú;
casfair† 		casfaidh sé, sí casfaimid;
casfaidh muid 		casfaidh sibh casfaidh siad;
casfaid† 		a chasfaidh; a chasfas casfar
conditional chasfainn /
casfainn‡ 		chasfá /
casfᇠ		chasfadh sé, sí /
casfadh sé, sí‡ 		chasfaimis; chasfadh muid /
casfaimis‡; casfadh muid‡ 		chasfadh sibh /
casfadh sibh‡ 		chasfaidís; chasfadh siad /
casfaidís‡; casfadh siad‡ 		a chasfadh chasfaí /
casfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go gcasa mé;
go gcasad† 		go gcasa tú;
go gcasair† 		go gcasa sé, sí go gcasaimid;
go gcasa muid 		go gcasa sibh go gcasa siad;
go gcasaid† 		— go gcastar
past dá gcasainn dá gcastá dá gcasadh sé, sí dá gcasaimis;
dá gcasadh muid 		dá gcasadh sibh dá gcasaidís;
dá gcasadh siad 		— dá gcastaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— casaim cas casadh sé, sí casaimis casaigí;
casaidh† 		casaidís — castar
past participle casta
verbal noun casadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Noun

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cas m (genitive singular casta, nominative plural castaí)

  1. alternative form of casadh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cas
radical lenition eclipsis
cas chas gcas

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

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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cas m inan

  1. time (inevitable passing of events)

Declension

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Declension of cas
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cas casa case
Genitive casa casowu casow
Dative casoju casoma casam
Accusative cas casa case
Instrumental casom casoma casami
Locative casu casoma casach

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Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “cas”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “cas”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Malay

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Etymology

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From English charge. Doublet of caj.

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Noun

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cas

  1. charge
    1. (electromagnetism, chemistry) an electric charge.
      Synonym: muatan (Indonesian)

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Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: cas

Further reading

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  • "cas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Old French cas, from Latin cāsus (“fall”).

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    cas (plural cas or cases)

    1. case (event, happening)

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    Polish

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    cas m inan

    1. (Far Masovian, Przasnysz, Western Kraków, Szczodrkowice) alternative form of czas
      1. (Sieradz, Radomsko, Western Kraków, Szczodrkowice, Lasovia, Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship, Babia Góra, Zawoja, Szczodrkowice, in the plural) alternative form of czas

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    cas

    1. (Lasovia, Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship) genitive plural of czas

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    • Jan Karłowicz (1900), “czas”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 274

    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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    See ca.

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    cas f pl

    1. (colloquial) contraction of com +‎ as: feminine plural of co
      Synonym: coas (chiefly poetic)

    Scottish Gaelic

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    Etymology

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    From Old Irish cos, from Proto-Celtic *koxsā, from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-eh₂.

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    cas f (dative singular cois, genitive singular coise, plural casan)

    1. leg
    2. foot
      Tha e ochd mìle air cois. ― It is eight miles on foot.
    3. handle

    Declension

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    Declension of cas (class IIa feminine noun)
    indefinite
    singular plural
    nominative cas casan
    genitive coise chas
    dative cois casan; casaibh1
    definite
    singular plural
    nominative (a') chas (na) casan
    genitive (na) coise (nan) cas
    dative (a') chois (na) casan; casaibh1
    vocative chas chasa

    1 archaic or poetic form

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    Adjective

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    cas (comparative caise)

    1. steep

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    Mutation of cas
    radical lenition
    cas chas

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

    Somali

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    Cas

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Afar qasa (“red”), from Proto-East Cushitic *ʕac-/*ʕic- (“to shine, glow”), whence Somali casho (“day”), Oromo ichimuu (“rubbing sticks to produce fire”), Yaaku ise (“smoke”).[1] Displaced native Somali guduud (“red, brown”) in the Northern dialects.

    Adjective

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    cás

    1. red

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    References

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    • Puglielli, A., & Mansuur, C. C. (2012). Qaamuuska Af‒Soomaaliga (in Somali) Roma: Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, page 134
    1. ^ Ehret, C. (1991). The consonant inventory of Proto-Eastern Cushitic. University of California, Los Angeles, page 236

    Spanish

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    English Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Named by indigenous peoples in Costa Rica (Chibchan).

    Pronunciation

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

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    cas m (plural cases)

    1. the fruit of a very tart species of guava
      Synonyms: guayaba de cas, guayaba de Costa Rica, guayaba agria
    2. the tree that bears those fruits, Psidium friedrichsthalianum

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    • Robertiello, Jack: Guava/Xalxocotl/Aracu/Guayaba, cited in Américas, Volumes 42-44 (1990), p. 58

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    Welsh

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh cas, from Proto-Brythonic *kas.

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    cas (feminine singular cas, plural cas, equative cased, comparative casach, superlative casaf)

    1. hateful, nasty
      Mae’n gas gyda fi gwrw. ― I hate beer. (literally, “Beer is hateful with me.”)
    2. unpleasant, difficult
    3. averse to
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    Noun

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    cas m (plural casau or casoedd)

    1. hatred, hatefulness

    Etymology 2

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    From English case.

    Noun

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    cas m (plural casiau)

    1. case, container
      Synonym: cynhwysydd
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    Etymology 3

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    Abbreviated form of castell (“castle”).

    Noun

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    cas m (uncountable)

    1. Used in place names.
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    Etymology 4

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    Inflected form of cael (“to have; to receive, to get”).

    Verb

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    cas

    1. third-person singular preterite of cael
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    Mutation

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    Mutated forms of cas
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    cas gas nghas chas

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

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