vaz

See also: Vaz, važ, váz, văz, and väz

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvas]
• Hyphenation: vaz
• Rhymes: -as

Etymology 1

Deverbal from vázat.

Noun

vaz m inan (diminutive vázek)

1. ligament

Declension

Declension of vaz (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	vaz	vazy
genitive	vazu	vazů
dative	vazu	vazům
accusative	vaz	vazy
vocative	vaze	vazy
locative	vazu	vazech
instrumental	vazem	vazy

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vęzъ.

Noun

vaz m inan (diminutive vázek)

1. European white elm (Ulmus laevis)

   Synonym: jilm vaz

Declension

Declension of vaz (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	vaz	vazy
genitive	vazu	vazů
dative	vazu	vazům
accusative	vaz	vazy
vocative	vaze	vazy
locative	vazu	vazech
instrumental	vazem	vazy

Further reading

• “vaz”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vaz”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vaz”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German faȥ, from Proto-Germanic *fatą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈvas/, /ˈfas/

Noun

vaȥ n

1. a vessel, a container
   1. a barrel, a keg, a cask; a jar, a pot; a box, a chest
      • late 13th century, Das alte Passional, line 106,17:

        [...] dër guote wîn wirt sëlten guot wan in dëm guoten vaȥȥe.

        The good wine seldom becomes good unless in a good cask.

Declension

Declension of vaȥ (strong neuter with null plural)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	vaȥ	diu	vaȥ
genitive	eines	dës	vaȥȥes	dër	vaȥȥe
dative	eime	dëm	vaȥȥe	dën	vaȥȥen
accusative	ein	daȥ	vaȥ	diu	vaȥ

Descendants

• Cimbrian: vass, bass (Mezzaselva)
• German: Fass
• Luxembourgish: Faass

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• vatns

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɑt͡s/

Noun

vaz n (definite vazins)

1. genitive singular indefinite of vatn

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: vass-
• Norwegian Bokmål: vass-