kas

See also: kAS, kAs, kaš, kaʂ, kaş, Kaş, Kaś, -kas, kas-, and käs-

English

Noun

kas

1. plural of ka

Anagrams

• AKs, ASK, Ask, KSA, SAK, SKA, aks, ask, ska

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Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌs/
• Hyphenation: kas

Noun

kás m 

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

Declension

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

• 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)

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas/

Noun

kas (plural kaste)

1. A cupboard.

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Breton

Etymology 1

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

Noun

kas m

1. hatred

Etymology 2

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

Verb

kas

1. To send.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish escasa (“scarce”).

Verb

kas

1. To squander.

Adjective

kas

1. wasteful

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas/
• Rhymes: -as
• Homophone: kaz

Noun

kas

1. genitive plural of kasa

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Dutch

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /kɑs/

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• Hyphenation: kas
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

kas f (plural kassen, diminutive kasje n)

1. A greenhouse.

   Synonyms: broeikas, kweekhuis

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. cash

   geld in kas - cash in hand

6. Archaic form of kassa.

Derived terms

• borstkas
• broeikas
• hulpkas
• kastekort
• krap bij kas
• ziekenkas

Descendants

• Negerhollands: kas

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Estonian

Etymology

Derived from kaasas.

Particle

kas

1. Used to introduce a yes-or-no question.

   Kas ta on saabunud?

   Has she arrived?

See also

• kas või, kasvõi

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• kah, ka (dialectal)

Etymology

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

Interjection

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

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

• kas kummaa
• kas niin
• kas vain
• kas tässä

Anagrams

• -ska, SAK

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French

Noun

kas m

1. plural of ka

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Gothic

Romanization

kas

1. Romanization of 𐌺𐌰𐍃

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Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language. Compare Czech koš.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒʃ]
• Hyphenation: kas
• Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Noun

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

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

Compound words

• keresztül-kasul
• méhkas
• mellkas
• szállítókas

 

Further reading

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

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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. (accountancy) liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.

Alternative forms

• kes (colloquial)

Etymology 2

From Dutch kast.

Noun

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

1. A box
   1. A cashbox
   2. A watch-box

Descendants

• → Ternate: kas (“cupboard”)

Further reading

• “kas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas

Pronoun

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 īpašu ― when you want something special

Declension

Nominative	kas
Accusative	ko
Genitive	kā
Dative	kam
Locative	-

Antonyms

• nekas

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Lithuanian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

kàs

1. who

   Kas yra tas žmogus? ― Who is that person?

2. what

   Kas' Lietuvos sostinė? ― What is Lithuania's capital?

3. every

   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

   Kas to vaiko gabumas! ― What talent this boy has!

Declension

    declension of kas

nominative	kàs
genitive	kõ, kienõ
dative	kám
accusative	ką̃
instrumental	kuõ
locative	kamè
vocative	–

References

• “kas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2022

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Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas/, /kaʃ/

Etymology 1

From English cash

Noun

kas

1. money

   Synonyms: larzan, paisa

2. cash

Etymology 2

From French casser, casse

Verb

kas

1. Medial form of kase

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Mòcheno

Etymology

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

kas m

1. cheese

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Old Prussian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

kas

1. who (interrogative)

Declension

Case	Singular m	Singular f	Singular n	Plural m	Plural f	Plural n
Nominative	kas	kwāi	ka	kwāi	kwās	ka (archaic) kai
Genitive	kasse	kasses	kasse	kwēisan	kwēisan	kasse
Dative	kasmu	kassei	kasmu	kwēimans	kwēimans	kasmu
Accusative	kan	kan	ka	kans	kans	kans, kas (archaic)

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese casa and Spanish casa and Kabuverdianu kása.

Noun

kas

1. A house
2. A home.

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Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kas

1. genitive plural of kasa

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kasъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâːs/

Noun

kȃs m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑с)

1. A trot (gait of a horse).

Declension

Declension of kas

	singular
nominative	kas
genitive	kasa
dative	kasu
accusative	kas
vocative	kasu
locative	kasu
instrumental	kasom

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkas/, [ˈkas]

Noun

kas

1. plural of ka

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Ternate

Kas.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkas]

Noun

kas

1. A cupboard.

References

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

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑs]

Noun

kas

1. A muscle.

Declension

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

Synonyms

• adale

Derived terms

• kaslı
• kaslılık
• kassız
• kassızlık