kass

See also: kāss

Estonian

Etymology

Most likely from a dialectal variant of Russian ко́шка (kóška). Possibly an older loan from Old East Slavic [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsʲː/

Noun

kass (genitive kassi, partitive kassi)

1. cat

Declension

Declension of kass (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	kass	kassid
accusative	kassi	kassid
genitive	kassi	kasside
partitive	kassi	kasse kassisid
illative	kassi kassisse	kassidesse kassesse
inessive	kassis	kassides kasses
elative	kassist	kassidest kassest
allative	kassile	kassidele kassele
adessive	kassil	kassidel kassel
ablative	kassilt	kassidelt kasselt
translative	kassiks	kassideks kasseks
terminative	kassini	kassideni
essive	kassina	kassidena
abessive	kassita	kassideta
comitative	kassiga	kassidega
Notes	1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

Derived terms

• kassiliiv
• kassitoit

References

• Raimo Raag. (2015), A Criterion for Old Age, section “Word stems in modern standard Estonian of Old East Slavic origin”, in Книгамъ бо есть неищетная глубина: Essays in Honour of Irina Lysén.
• kass in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik

Swedish

Adjective

kass (comparative kassare, superlative kassast)

1. (colloquial) very bad, crap

   Synonym: usel

   Filmen var kass.

   The movie was crap.

   Telefonens mottagning är kass.

   The phone's reception is crap.

Declension

Inflection of kass
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	kass	kassare	kassast
Neuter singular	kasst	kassare	kassast
Plural	kassa	kassare	kassast
Masculine plural3	kasse	kassare	kassast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	kasse	kassare	kassaste
All	kassa	kassare	kassaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Noun

kass c

1. (Dalecarlia, Orsa) basket for a baby

Anagrams

• Asks, asks, saks