nas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nas"

Abenaki

Numeral

nas

1. (cardinal) three

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin nasus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nas m (plural nassos)

1. nose

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Galician

Etymology 1

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

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. Mutated form of as. (their)

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• as
• las
• nos

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Hausa

Noun

nâs m, f (plural nas nas)

1. nurse

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Kashmiri

Noun

nas

1. a nose

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Kurdish

Adjective

nas (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})

1. familiar

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Latin

Verb

nās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of nō

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nas]

Pronoun

nas

1. genitive of my
2. accusative of my
3. locative of my

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Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nasus.

Noun

nas

1. nose

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Northern Sami

Adverb

nas

1. what about

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n̪as̪]

Pronoun

nas

1. genitive of my
2. accusative of my
3. locative of my

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnas/, /naʃ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐʃ/
• 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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:no.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

nas

1. 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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:no.

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Romanian

Etymology

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

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

Related terms

• năsut

Derived terms

• năsos

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

Particle

nas

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

   glic - wise

   nas glice - wiser

   mòr - big

   nas motha - 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

Related terms

• 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, nas
dative	mȅni, mi	nȁma, nam
accusative	mȅne, me	nȃs, nas
vocative	—	mȋ
locative	mȅni	nȁma
instrumental	mnȏm, mnóme	nȁma

Pronoun

nas (Cyrillic spelling нас)

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

Declension

Declension of nas

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