pas

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Translingual

Symbol

pas

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Papasena.

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

pas (plural pas)

(now rare) The right of going foremost; precedence. [from 18th c.]
- 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 71:
  ‘Nobody of any elegance of manners can exist, where tradesmen, attornies, and mechanics have the pas.’
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 9, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
  Even Mrs. Bute Crawley, the Rector's wife, refused to visit her, as she said she would never give the pas to a tradesman's daughter.
A step in a dance. [from 18th c.]
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 18, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
  The premier pas in life is the most important of all ……

Derived terms

have the pas of someone

Translations

step

Bulgarian: танцова стъпка f (tancova stǎpka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 舞步 (zh) (wǔbù)
Finnish: askel (fi), tanssiaskel
French: pas (fr) m
German: Schritt (de) m
Polish: pas (pl) m
Russian: па (ru) n (pa)

Etymology 2

see pa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑːz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

pas

plural of pa

Anagrams

SPA, APS, Spa, SAP, sap, APs, PsA, s.ap., spa, asp, PSA, ASP, SpA, Psa.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pɑs]
Audio: (file)

Noun

pas (plural passe)

pace, step
pass (a card or document)
die paswette tydens die apartheidsjare - the pass laws during the years of apartheid

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Albanian

Alternative forms

mbas — Tosk, Standard Albanian
mas — Gheg

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pa ̊, from Proto-Indo-European *pós (“directly to, at, after”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πός (pós, “at, to, by”), Old Church Slavonic по (po, “behind, after”).

Preposition

pas (+ ablative)

Adverb

pas

Derived terms

Related terms

Antillean Creole

Conjunction

pas

because

Aragonese

FWOTD – 21 June 2013

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpas/
Syllabification: pas
Rhymes: -as

Adverb

pas

emphasises a negation; (not) at all; (not) ever
- 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page I:
  –pero no pas superficial, asperamos–
  – but not at all superficial, we hope –
- 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 20:
  No ocurre pas debant de f-, […]
  It doesn’t ever occur before f-, […]

Asturian

Noun

pas m pl

plural of pá

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bas (“residue”).

Noun

pas (definite accusative pası, plural paslar)

rust
1. deteriorated state of iron or steel
2. disease of plants
(figurative) shame, disgrace, infamy
Synonym: eyib

Declension

Declension of *pas*
	singular	plural
nominative	pas	paslar
definite accusative	pası	pasları
dative	pasa	paslara
locative	pasda	paslarda
ablative	pasdan	paslardan
definite genitive	pasın	pasların

Possessive forms of *pas*
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pasım	paslarım
sənin (“your”)	pasın	pasların
onun (“his/her/its”)	pası	pasları
bizim (“our”)	pasımız	paslarımız
sizin (“your”)	pasınız	paslarınız
onların (“their”)	pası or pasları	pasları

	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pasımı	paslarımı
sənin (“your”)	pasını	paslarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	pasını	paslarını
bizim (“our”)	pasımızı	paslarımızı
sizin (“your”)	pasınızı	paslarınızı
onların (“their”)	pasını or paslarını	paslarını

	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pasıma	paslarıma
sənin (“your”)	pasına	paslarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	pasına	paslarına
bizim (“our”)	pasımıza	paslarımıza
sizin (“your”)	pasınıza	paslarınıza
onların (“their”)	pasına or paslarına	paslarına

	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pasımda	paslarımda
sənin (“your”)	pasında	paslarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	pasında	paslarında
bizim (“our”)	pasımızda	paslarımızda
sizin (“your”)	pasınızda	paslarınızda
onların (“their”)	pasında or paslarında	paslarında

	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pasımdan	paslarımdan
sənin (“your”)	pasından	paslarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	pasından	paslarından
bizim (“our”)	pasımızdan	paslarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	pasınızdan	paslarınızdan
onların (“their”)	pasından or paslarından	paslarından

	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pasımın	paslarımın
sənin (“your”)	pasının	paslarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	pasının	paslarının
bizim (“our”)	pasımızın	paslarımızın
sizin (“your”)	pasınızın	paslarınızın
onların (“their”)	pasının or paslarının	paslarının

Related terms

pasaq

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

pas

squirrel (rodent)

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpas]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Rhymes: -as
Hyphenation: pas

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan pas, from Latin passus (“step”). Its use as an auxiliary adverb comes from an accusative use (Latin nec…passum) in negative constructions – literally ‘not…a step’, i.e. ‘not at all’ – originally used with certain verbs of motion. Compare similarly used French pas. Cognate with Galician and Spanish paso and Portuguese passo.

Noun

pas m (plural passos)

pace, step
(historical, measure) paso, Spanish pace, a traditional unit of length
(figuratively) pace, action
pace, gait, rhythm of walking

Synonyms

passa

Coordinate terms

(unit of length): peu (⅕ pas), vara (⅗ pas), braça (1⅕ pas)

Derived terms

passet

Related terms

passar

Adverb

pas

(in negative sentences) used to intensify negation: at all, ever
No feu pas això ― Do not ever do this

No serà pas important. ― It won't matter. (literally, “It won't be so important.”)

Usage notes

The main marker of negation in Catalan is the adverb no. No is placed before the verbs, while pas is usually placed after it. Unlike Occitan or French, where pas and pas is a mandatory negative particle (under many circumstances); in Catalan, pas is only used as an optional intensifier of negation. However, some northern dialects use "pas" instead of "no" as the mandatory negative particle. Also, in many dialects "pas" has totally disappeared.

Etymology 2

Deverbal from passar.

Noun

pas m (plural passos)

passing
crossing
pas zebra ― zebra crossing
passage
ritu de pas ― rite of passage
pitch (distance between evenly spaced objects)
pas de rosca
screw pitch
(the distance from a point on a screw thread to a corresponding point on the next thread measured parallel to the axis)

pas polar ― polar pitch

Derived terms

References

“pas”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“pas”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
“pas” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“pas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chuukese

Preposition

pas

past

Cornish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paːz/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *pas, from Proto-Celtic *kʷast-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”). Cognate with Breton paz and Welsh pas.

Noun

pas m (plural pasow)

cough

Derived terms

losanj pas (“cough sweet”)
pas garm (“whooping cough”)
pasa (“cough”, verb)

Verb

pas

third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of pasa
second-person singular imperative of pasa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pace.

Noun

pas m (plural pasys)

pace, step
Synonym: kamm

Mutation

Mutation of *pas*
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
pas	bas	fas	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-w-s
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَاسَ (bāsa).

Verb

pas I (present pipús) (transitive)

to kiss

References

Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 168

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

pas

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpas]
Audio: (file)

Etymology 1

Noun

pas m inan

alternative form of pás (“waist”)

Declension

Declension of pas (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pas	pasy
genitive	pasu	pasů
dative	pasu	pasům
accusative	pas	pasy
vocative	pase	pasy
locative	pase, pasu	pasech
instrumental	pasem	pasy

Etymology 2

Noun

pas m inan

passport

Declension

Declension of pas (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pas	pasy
genitive	pasu	pasů
dative	pasu	pasům
accusative	pas	pasy
vocative	pase	pasy
locative	pase, pasu	pasech
instrumental	pasem	pasy

Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pas

second-person singular imperative of pást

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Pass, from Italian passaporto.

Noun

pas n (singular definite passet, plural indefinite pas)

passport

Declension

Declension of *pas*
neuter gender	singular		plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pas	passet	pas	passene
genitive	pas'	passets	pas'	passenes

Etymology 2

From French pas and German Pass, from Latin passus.

Noun

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pas n (singular definite passet, plural indefinite passer)

(geography) mountain pass
Synonym: bjergpas

Declension

Declension of *pas*
neuter gender	singular		plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pas	passet	passer	passerne
genitive	pas'	passets	passers	passernes

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French passe, from French passer.

Noun

pas c (singular definite passen, plural indefinite passer)

(card games) pass

Declension

Declension of *pas*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pas	passen	passer	passerne
genitive	pas'	passens	passers	passernes

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑs/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: pas
Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1

Deverbal from passen, from Middle Dutch passen, from pas, from Old French pas, from Latin passus. Equivalent to a derivation from etymology 2.

Adverb

pas

just, recently
hardly
only, not until, not any sooner
Pas als je kamer is opgeruimd, krijg je een koekje.
Only when your room has been cleaned up, you'll get a cookie.
now … really
Da's pas stoer!
Now that is really cool!

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: pas
Negerhollands: pas
→ Aukan: pasi pasi
→ Caribbean Hindustani: pás
→ Caribbean Javanese: pas
→ Indonesian: pas
→ Volapük: pas

Adjective

pas (used only predicatively, not comparable)

fitting, having a proper fit, having the correct size and shape
Die schoenen zijn niet pas.
Those shoes do not fit well.

Derived terms

waterpas

Descendants

→ Indonesian: pas

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch pas, from Old French pas, from Latin passus.

Noun

pas m (plural passen, diminutive pasje n)

pace, step; also as a measure of distance
(geography) mountain pass
fit of an object, notably depending on forms and/or dimensions

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: pas
→ Indonesian: pas

Etymology 3

From paspoort or from etymology 2.

Noun

pas m (plural passen, diminutive pasje n)

pass, passport (travel document)
identification document

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: pas
→ Caribbean Javanese: layang pas
→ Indonesian: pas
→ Papiamentu: pas

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pas

inflection of passen:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
3. imperative

Anagrams

sap

Epigraphic Mayan

Verb

pas

to open

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of passata.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɑs/, [ˈpɑ̝s̠]
Rhymes: -ɑs
Syllabification^(key): pas
Hyphenation^(key): pas

Interjection

pas

(card games) I pass!

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pas, from Latin passus.

Its use as an auxiliary negative adverb comes from an accusative use (Latin nec… passum) in negative constructions – literally “not… a step”, i.e. “not at all” – originally used with certain verbs of motion. In older French other nouns could also be used in this way, such as ne… goutte (“not… a drop”) and ne… mie (“not… a crumb”), but in the modern language pas has become grammaticalized.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pa/ ~ /pɑ/
Audio (France): (file)
(Canada) IPA^(key): [pɔ]
Audio (Quebec): (file)
Audio (Quebec, formal): (file)
Audio (France (Paris)): (file)
Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Rhymes: -a, -ɑ

Noun

pas m (invariable)

step, pace, footstep
- 2018, Zaz, “On s'en remet jamais”:
  Des pas qu'on gravait dans la neige sont partis avec le printemps.
  Steps we etched in the snow are gone with the [arrival of] spring.
(geography) strait, pass
Pas de Calais ― Strait of Dover
thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)

Derived terms

Adverb

pas

The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.
Je ne sais pas.
I don't know

Ma grande sœur n'habite pas avec nous.
My big sister doesn't live with us.

J’veux pas travailler.
I don't wanna work.
(Je ne veux pas travailler)
(colloquial) used as an intensifier in underlying rhetorical questions, mostly with voilà
Et v'là t-y pas qu'elle m'en colle une ! ― And I tell you, she slapped me just like that!

Et me voilà pas arrivé sans un kopeck au bercail. ― And there I am, home without a dime.

Usage notes

The adverb of negation pas is normally used in conjunction with the particle ne, as in the examples Je ne sais pas and Ma grande sœur n’habite pas avec nous above. In colloquial language, ne can be dropped, as in the example J'veux pas travailler above. This is an example of Jespersen's cycle.
Word order:^[1]
- Pas directly follows the inflected verb, which itself follows the particle ne;
  Il ne mange pas. ― He's not eating.
  
  Ne le touchez pas. ― Don't touch him.
- in compound verb structures it is placed between the inflected auxiliary and the participle.
  Il n'a pas mangé. ― He didn't eat.
- When negating an infinitive verb, pas normally follows ne and precedes that verb in the construction ne pas + infinitive (though the sequence ne + infinitive + pas was common in the Classical French of the 17th and 18th centuries).
  Il a reçu une leçon à ne pas oublier. ― He received a lesson not to be forgotten.
- pas can be placed before an adverb that modifies all or part of a verbal syntagma, but it directly follows an adverb that modifies the whole sentence.
  Je n'ai pas vraiment compris. ― I didn't truly understand.
  
  Il n'est probablement pas arrivé. ― He probably hasn't arrived.
- Certain adverbs (e.g. même) can be used before or after pas without affecting the meaning of the phrase. With other adverbs (e.g. toujours), there may be considerable difference in meaning depending on whether pas comes before or after.
  pas toujours ― not always
  
  toujours pas ― still not

Synonyms

point

Derived terms

Related terms

References

^ “pas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin passus.

Noun

pas m (plural pass)

step, footstep
pace

Related terms

passâ

Indonesian

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpas/ [ˈpas]
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: pas
Homophone: PAS

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch passend, pas, from Middle Dutch pas, passen, from Old French pas, from Latin passus, pandere (“to spread, unfold, stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *patno-, *pete- (“to spread, stretch out”).

Sense of "to pass, to achieve a successful outcome from" is semantic loan from Malay pas or English pass which both are cognate of above.

Noun

pas (plural pas-pas)

pass, permission or license to pass, or to go and come
mountain pass

Derived terms

Related terms

Adjective

pas (comparative lebih pas, superlative paling pas)

(colloquial) fit, suitable, proper

Derived terms

Related terms

Verb

pas

(uncommon) to pass, to achieve a successful outcome from
Synonym: lulus

Etymology 2

Possibly borrowed and adapted from Dutch pas, a deverbal from passen, from Middle Dutch passen, from pas, from Old French pas, from Latin passus. Therefore related to etymology 1.

Adverb

pas

(colloquial, nonstandard) only, not until, not any sooner
- 2022 July 16, Fitri Haryanti Harsono, “Traveling Naik Pesawat Mulai 17 Juli 2022, Bolehkah Booster Pas Hari H Berangkat?”, in Liputan 6‎^[2]:
  Vaksinasi booster untuk perjalanan naik pesawat pas hari H keberangkatan, boleh atau tidak?
  Can booster vaccinations for plane travels be taken (precisely) on the day of the departure, or not?
(colloquial, nonstandard) when, at the time of
- 2024 February 26, Nirmala Maulana Achmad, Ihsanuddin, “TKN: Kebetulan Program Bansos Pas Mau Pemilu, Kebaikan Pak Jokowi Berdampak ke Prabowo-Gibran”, in Kompas‎^[3]:
  " […] Kebetulan saja program ini bertepatan pas mau pemilu atau pileg dan pilpres," kata Afriansyah saat dihubungi [...].
  " […] It is only coincidental that the program coincides with the time that the general elections, or when the legislative and presidential elections were starting," as Afriansyah remarked during our correspondence [...].

Conjunction

pas

(colloquial, nonstandard) when
Synonyms: saat, ketika

Preposition

pas

(colloquial, nonstandard) during, at the time of

Usage notes

The word is very often used in casual and colloquial exchanges. However, the adverb's etymology is unusually scarcely scrutinized despite its common occurrences in day-to-day speech.

Etymology 3

Noun

pas (plural pas-pas)

(archaic) alternative spelling of opas

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpˠasˠ]

Noun

pas m (genitive singular pas, nominative plural pasanna)

Declension

Declension of pas (fourth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	pas	pasanna
vocative	a phas	a phasanna
genitive	pas	pasanna
dative	pas	pasanna

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an pas	na pasanna
genitive	an phas	na bpasanna
dative	leis an bpas don phas	leis na pasanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of *pas*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
pas	phas	bpas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pos, from Proto-Indo-European *pós (“afterwards, post-”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *pozdь́nъ (“late”), Latin post (“behind, after”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pɐs]

Preposition

pàs

(usually with accusative) by; with; at
Ar tu norėtum sėdėti pas mane?
Would you like to sit by/with me?

Mes galime valgyti pas tave.
We can eat at your place.

Jis gyvena pas savo tėvus.
He lives with his parents.

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “pas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 344-5

Lombard

Noun

pas

peace

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pojasъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pas/

Noun

pas m inan

belt

Declension

Declension of pas

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	pas	pasa	pase
Genitive	pasa	pasowu	pasow
Dative	pasoju	pasoma	pasam
Accusative	pas	pasa	pase
Instrumental	pasom	pasoma	pasami
Locative	pasu	pasoma	pasach

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pas.

Noun

pas m (plural pas)

pace; step

Descendants

French: pas

Mofu-Gudur

Noun

pas

sun, day

Occitan

Pronunciation

Audio (Béarn): (file)

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan pas, from Latin passus.

Adverb

pas

(after the verb) not (negates the meaning of a verb)
Intensifies adverbs of negation
pas jamai ― never ever

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

pas m

step, pace

Old French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpas/

Etymology 1

From Latin passus.

Noun

pas oblique singular, m (oblique plural pas, nominative singular pas, nominative plural pas)

pace; step
- 13th c., uncertain (perhaps Adam de la Halle), Li Jus du pelerin:
  Segnieur, pelerins sui, si ai alé maint pas, / par viles, par castiaus, par chités, par trespas.
  Sirs, I am a pilgrim, and I have travelled a lot (literally, "I have gone steps a lot"), through towns, castles, cities, passageways.

Descendants

→ English: pace
Middle French: pas

Etymology 2

From Latin pastus (“pasture”).

Noun

pas oblique singular, m (oblique plural pas, nominative singular pas, nominative plural pas)

alternative form of past
- 13th c., uncertain (perhaps Adam de la Halle), Li Jus du pelerin:
  S'aroie bien mestier que je fusse à repas, / car n'ai mie par tout mout bien trouvé mes pas.
  It'd be great to make some arrangement so I can have a meal, because not always, not at all, have I found food wherever I've been.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese paz and Spanish paz and Kabuverdianu pás.

Noun

pas

peace

Phalura

Etymology

From Pashto [script needed] (pas).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pas/

Postposition

pas (پس)

after

References

Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “pas”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[4], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

pas

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pojasъ.

Alternative forms

pás (obsolete or dialectal)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpas/

(Greater Poland):
- (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [ˈpas]
(Masovia):
- (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈpas]

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: pas
Homophone: Pas

Noun

pas m inan (diminutive pasek)

belt
lane (lengthwise division of roadway)
(heraldry) fess
(anatomy) waist
(in the plural, colloquial) crosswalk, pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes)
Synonyms: przejście dla pieszych, zebra
(in the plural) stripes (pattern formed by parallelepiped rectangles touching at their longest side and having a different color or texture)
(Near Masovian) strap in a horse's harness that runs across the back
(Kuyavia) grain strip (binder for binding grain into sheaves)
Hypernym: powrósło

Declension

Declension of pas

	singular	plural
nominative	pas	pasy
genitive	pasa	pasów
dative	pasowi	pasom
accusative	pas	pasy
instrumental	pasem	pasami
locative	pasie	pasach
vocative	pasie	pasy

Derived terms

adverbs

za pasem

verbs

wziąć nogi za pas pf, brać nogi za pas impf

Descendants

→ Belarusian: пас (pas)
→ Yiddish: פּאַס (pas)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French passe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpas/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: pas

Noun

pas m inan

(card games) pass

Declension

Declension of pas

	singular	plural
nominative	pas	pasy
genitive	pasu	pasów
dative	pasowi	pasom
accusative	pas	pasy
instrumental	pasem	pasami
locative	pasie	pasach
vocative	pasie	pasy

Derived terms

verbs

powiedzieć pas pf, mówić pas impf

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from French pas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpa/
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: pas
Homophone: pa

Noun

pas m inan (indeclinable)

pas, step

Portuguese

Etymology

Contraction of para +‎ as.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pas/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʃ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /paʃ/

Hyphenation: pas

Contraction

pas

(colloquial) feminine plural of po; nonstandard form of pras

Romanian

Alternative forms

пас (pas) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pas/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -as
Hyphenation: pas

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin passus.

Noun

pas m (plural pași)

step, pace, footstep, stride
step (stage of a process)
gait

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	pas	pasul	pași	pașii
genitive-dative	pas	pasului	pași	pașilor
vocative	pasule		pașilor

Derived terms

Related terms

păsa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Pass, French pas.

Noun

pas n (plural pasuri)

(now rare outside place names) mountain pass
Synonym: trecătoare
(obsolete) passport
Synonym: pașaport

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	pas	pasul	pasuri	pasurile
genitive-dative	pas	pasului	pasuri	pasurilor
vocative	pasule		pasurilor

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

pas m (genitive singular pais, plural pasaichean)

pass (permission)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

pes (Kajkavian)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pâs/

Noun

pȁs m anim (Cyrillic spelling па̏с, relational adjective pȁsjī or psȅćī, diminutive psȉć)

dog
Volim svog psa. ― I love my dog.

Declension

Declension of *pas*
	singular	plural
nominative	pȁs	psȉ
genitive	psȁ	pásā
dative	psȕ	psȉma
accusative	psȁ	psȅ
vocative	psȅ / psȕ	psȉ
locative	psȕ	psȉma
instrumental	psȍm	psȉma

Etymology 2

Syncopic form of pȍjās. Compare Czech pás, Polish pas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pâːs/

Noun

pȃs m inan (Cyrillic spelling па̑с)

(regional) belt, girdle
(regional) waist, waistline

Declension

Declension of *pas*
	singular	plural
nominative	pȃs	pásovi / pȁsovi
genitive	pȃsa	pásōvā / pȁsōvā
dative	pȃsu	pásovima / pȁsovima
accusative	pȃs	pásove / pȁsove
vocative	pȃse	pásovi / pȁsovi
locative	pásu	pásovima / pȁsovima
instrumental	pȃsom	pásovima / pȁsovima

Derived terms

opàsati

Related terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pass or French passe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pâːs/

Noun

pȃs m inan (Cyrillic spelling па̑с)

(sports) pass

Declension

Declension of *pas*
	singular	plural
nominative	pȃs	pȃsovi
genitive	pȃsa	pȃsōvā
dative	pȃsu	pȃsovima
accusative	pȃs	pȃsove
vocative	pȃse	pȃsovi
locative	pȃsu	pȃsovima
instrumental	pȃsom	pȃsovima

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pas]

Noun

pas m inan (relational adjective pasový)

passport

Declension

Declension of *pas*
(pattern *dub*)
	singular	plural
nominative	pas	pasy
genitive	pasu	pasov
dative	pasu	pasom
accusative	pas	pasy
locative	pase	pasoch
instrumental	pasom	pasmi

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpas/ [ˈpas]
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: pas

Noun

pas m pl

plural of pa

Tatar

Alternative forms

bas

Noun

pas

price

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English pouch.

Noun

pas

pouch

Derived terms

skin pas (“envelope”)

Adjective

pas

closed; shut; sealed
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:24:
  Olsem na dispela pasin i kamap. Man i save lusim papamama na i pas wantaim meri bilong en, na tupela i kamap wanpela bodi tasol.
  →New International Version translation

Derived terms

Related terms

pasim

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpas/, [ˈpɑs]
Hyphenation: pas

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پاس (pas, “rust”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bas (“residue”).

Noun

pas (definite accusative pası, plural paslar)

rust (oxidation of metal)

Declension

Declension of pas

	singular	plural
nominative	pas	paslar
definite accusative	pası	pasları
dative	pasa	paslara
locative	pasta	paslarda
ablative	pastan	paslardan
genitive	pasın	pasların

Possessive forms
nominative
	singular	plural
1st singular	pasım	paslarım
2nd singular	pasın	pasların
3rd singular	pası	pasları
1st plural	pasımız	paslarımız
2nd plural	pasınız	paslarınız
3rd plural	pasları	pasları
definite accusative
	singular	plural
1st singular	pasımı	paslarımı
2nd singular	pasını	paslarını
3rd singular	pasını	paslarını
1st plural	pasımızı	paslarımızı
2nd plural	pasınızı	paslarınızı
3rd plural	paslarını	paslarını
dative
	singular	plural
1st singular	pasıma	paslarıma
2nd singular	pasına	paslarına
3rd singular	pasına	paslarına
1st plural	pasımıza	paslarımıza
2nd plural	pasınıza	paslarınıza
3rd plural	paslarına	paslarına
locative
	singular	plural
1st singular	pasımda	paslarımda
2nd singular	pasında	paslarında
3rd singular	pasında	paslarında
1st plural	pasımızda	paslarımızda
2nd plural	pasınızda	paslarınızda
3rd plural	paslarında	paslarında
ablative
	singular	plural
1st singular	pasımdan	paslarımdan
2nd singular	pasından	paslarından
3rd singular	pasından	paslarından
1st plural	pasımızdan	paslarımızdan
2nd plural	pasınızdan	paslarınızdan
3rd plural	paslarından	paslarından
genitive
	singular	plural
1st singular	pasımın	paslarımın
2nd singular	pasının	paslarının
3rd singular	pasının	paslarının
1st plural	pasımızın	paslarımızın
2nd plural	pasınızın	paslarınızın
3rd plural	paslarının	paslarının

Predicative forms
	singular	plural
1st singular	pasım	paslarım
2nd singular	passın	paslarsın
3rd singular	pas pastır	paslar paslardır
1st plural	pasız	paslarız
2nd plural	passınız	paslarsınız
3rd plural	paslar	paslardır

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pass or from French passe.

Noun

pas (definite accusative pası, plural paslar)

(sports) pass (The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.)

Derived terms

Related terms

pasör

Interjection

pas

(card games) A phrase indicating that the player is declining to play their turn; I pass

Volapük

Etymology

Apparently introduced by Arie de Jong in Volapük Nulik. If so, probably borrowed from Dutch pas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pas/

Adverb

pas

only recently, just now
- 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:
  Binos pas düp degtelid; labobs nog timi saidik.
  It is only twelve o'clock; we still have plenty of time.

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *pas. In turn from Proto-Celtic *kʷast- and Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”).

Alternative forms

(obsolete) pâs

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paːs/
Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

pas m (uncountable)

cough (instance of coughing)
cough (illness characterised by coughing)
Synonym: peswch

Derived terms

pesychu (“to cough”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pace.

Alternative forms

(obsolete) pâs

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paːs/
Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

pas m or f (plural pasys)

pace, stride
Synonyms: cam, camre, cerddediad
pace, speed
Synonym: cyflymder
pace (unit of measurement equal to five feet)

Etymology 3

Back-formation from pasio (“to pass”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pas/
Rhymes: -as
Homophone: pàs (“permit, pass”)

Noun

pas m (uncountable)

excellence
Synonym: rhagoriaeth

Related terms

pàs (“pass, permit; act of passing”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *pas*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pas	bas	mhas	phas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Mutation

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] “pas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “pas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 344-5

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