nas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nas"

Abenaki

Numeral

nas

1. three

Big Nambas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nas/

Noun

nas

1. banana

References

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnas]

• Audio:

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Noun

nas m (plural nassos)

1. nose

Usage notes

• In Algherese, the primary plural is nasos.

Derived terms

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

References

• “nas”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “nas”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɐːs̺/

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

Etymology 3

From contraction of adverb non (“not”) + feminine plural article as (“the”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɐːs̺/

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

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English nurse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nas/

Noun

nas

1. nurse

Ingrian

Spatial inflection of nas

→○	illative	nasse
○	inessive	nas
○→	elative	nast

Etymology

Rebracketing of as preceded by the illative marker *-Vn.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑsːɑ/, [ˈnɑs̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑs/, [ˈnɑʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑsː, -ɑs
• Hyphenation: nas
• Homophone: nasse

Postposition

nas (+ illative or allative)

1. (of time) up to, until
2. (of distance or motion) all the way to

nas (+ elative or ablative)

1. (of time) ever since
2. (of distance or motion) all the way from

Synonyms

• saa, nasse, nast, asse, as, ast

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 336

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnaːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnas]

Verb

nās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of nō

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian naso, from Latin nasus.

Noun

nas

1. nose

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nas/

Pronoun

nas

1. genitive/accusative/locative of my

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nasus.

Noun

nas

1. nose

Middle High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈnas̠/

Verb

nas

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of nësen

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑːs/

Adjective

nas (comparative nastir, superlative herî nas or tewrî nas, Arabic spelling ناس)

1. acquainted, familiar

Derived terms

• -nas
• nas kirin
• nasname
• nasyar
• nasî

Related terms

• nasîn

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “nas”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 54

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^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnas/

Noun

nas m

1. nose

Related terms

• nasal

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnas/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: nas

Pronoun

nas

1. genitive/accusative/locative of my

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /nas/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /nas/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /naʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: nas

Etymology 1

Contraction

nas f pl

1. Contraction of em as (“in the”): feminine plural of no
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia 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.

Usage notes

• This form is very rarely used in spoken Brazilian Portuguese, where nominative forms are preferred over third-person direct object pronouns (which, when used, are typically placed before verbs).

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Prasuni

Alternative forms

• nes (Pronz)

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *nā́s, altered from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHs, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nas/

Noun

nas (Pashki)

1. nose

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -as

• Audio:

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Noun

nas n (plural nasuri)

1. nose

Declension

Declension of nas

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	nas	nasul		nasuri	nasurile
genitive-dative	nas	nasului		nasuri	nasurilor
vocative	nasule			nasurilor

Derived terms

• da nas
• da peste nas
• își lua nasul la purtare
• își vedea lungul nasului
• năsos
• năsuc
• sub nas
• trage pe nas

Related terms

• năsut

See also

• nară
• nănău (slang)
• bornău (slang)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• nes (Puter)

Etymology

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

Noun

nas m

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəs̪/, /nas̪/

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

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

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *naŋᴮ (“mouse, rat”). Related to Proto-Mien *nauᴮ (“id”), though the difference in rime is unexplained. Probably not related to Thai หนู (nǔu, “id”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na˩/

Noun

nas (classifier: tus)

1. rat
2. (generally) rodent

Derived terms

• nas ciav (“zebra squirrel, chipmunk”)
• nas hooj twm (“red-bellied squirrel”)
• nas kauv (“a type of small mouse with light brown fur and white belly”)
• nas kos (“groundhog, bamboo rat, gopher”)
• nas kos dej (“beaver”)
• nas ncuav (“squirrel”)
• nas tsuag (“mouse”)

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 136.