nas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nas"

Abenaki

Numeral

nas

1. three

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan nas, from Latin nāsus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnas/

• Audio

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Noun

nas m (plural nassos)

1. nose

Derived terms

• nassada
• nassal
• nassejar
• nassut
• nas xato
• tenir nassos

 

Usage notes

In Algherese, the primary plural is nasos.

References

• “nas” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nas”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “nas” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 25

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Galician

Etymology 1

From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + feminine plural article as (“the”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɐs/

Contraction

nas f pl (masculine sg no, feminine sg na, masculine plural nos)

1. in the

Etymology 2

From a mutation of as.

Pronoun

nas f (accusative)

1. Alternative form of as (“them”, feminine plural)

Usage notes

The n- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong, and are suffixed to the preceding word.

Related terms

• as
• las
• nos

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English nurse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nâs/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [nâs]

Noun

nâs m or f (plural nâs-nâs)

1. nurse

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Latin

Verb

nās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of nō

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Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian naso, from Latin nasus.

Noun

nas

1. nose

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nas/

Pronoun

nas

1. genitive/accusative/locative of my

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Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nasus.

Noun

nas

1. nose

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Northern Kurdish

Adjective

nas

1. familiar

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnas/

Adverb

nas

1. what about

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnas/

Noun

nas m

1. nose

Related terms

• nasal

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nas/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: nas

Pronoun

nas

1. genitive/accusative/locative of my

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /nas/, [nas]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil including São Paulo) /nas/, [nas]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /naʃ/, [naʃ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /nɐʃ/, [nɐʃ]

• Hyphenation: nas

Etymology 1

Contraction

nas f pl (masculine singular no, masculine plural nos, feminine singular na)

1. em (“in; on; at”) + as (“the, f. pl.”)
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo, Rocco, page 71:

     Gosto de sentir uma brisa saudável nas minhas partes, obrigado.

     I like to feel a healthy breeze on my parts, thank you.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

nas

2. Alternative form of as (third-person feminine plural objective pronoun) used as an enclitic following a verb form ending in a nasal vowel or diphthong

   Façam-nas.

   Make them.

   Farão-nas.

   They will make them.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nāsus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -as

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

nas n (plural nasuri)

1. nose

Declension

Declension of nas

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) nas	nasul	(niște) nasuri	nasurile
genitive/dative	(unui) nas	nasului	(unor) nasuri	nasurilor
vocative	nasule		nasurilor

Derived terms

• năsos

Related terms

• năsut

See also

• nară

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter) nes

Etymology

From Latin nāsus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Noun

nas m

1. (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) nose

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish níd as (“a thing that is”); compare Irish nios.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəs̪/

Particle

nas

1. Precedes the comparative form of an adjective or an adverb.

   glic → nas glice ― wise → wiser

   mòr → nas motha ― big → bigger

Usage notes

• Only used in the present and future tenses. In the past tense and the conditional mood, na bu and na b' are used.
• Lenites initial f if followed by a vowel:

  fuar → nas fhuaire ― cold → colder

See also

• as

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nâːs/

Pronoun

nȃs (Cyrillic spelling на̑с)

1. of us (genitive plural of jȃ (“I”))
2. us (accusative plural of jȃ (“I”))

Declension

Declension of nas

	singular	plural
nominative	jȃ	mȋ
genitive	mȅne, me	nȃs
dative	mȅni, mi	nȁma, nam
accusative	mȅne, me	nȃs
vocative	—	mȋ
locative	mȅni	nȁma
instrumental	mnȏm, mnóme	nȁma