cas
English
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editcas (comparative more cas, superlative most cas)
- (informal) Abbreviation of casual.
- 2015, The Intern:
- don't feel like you have to dress up. I mean, we're super cas here
Anagrams
editCatalan
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin cāsus (“case”).
Noun
editcas m (plural casos)
- case (event, situation, or fact)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editContraction
editcas
Further reading
edit- “cas” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Drehu
editPronunciation
editNumeral
editcas
References
edit- Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French cas, borrowed from Latin cāsus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcas m (plural cas)
- case, situation
- dans la très grande majorité des cas ― in the great majority of cases
- (medicine) case
- (law) case
- cas clinique ― clinical case
- (grammar) case
Derived terms
edit- aggraver son cas
- au cas où
- au cas par cas
- auquel cas
- cas de conscience
- cas de figure
- cas de figure
- cas direct
- cas d’école
- cas d’espèce
- cas grammatical
- cas oblique
- cas régime
- cas social
- cas sujet
- c’est le cas de le dire
- dans ce cas
- dans le meilleur des cas
- dans un cas comme dans l’autre
- en aucun cas
- en cas de
- en cas que
- en tout cas
- en-cas
- être le cas
- faire cas, faire grand cas, faire peu de cas
- faire peu de cas
- le cas échéant
Further reading
edit- “cas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editGalician
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese cas (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), proclitic form of casa (“house”) in some adverbial phrases.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcas f (invariable)
- house; chez
- 19th century, folk-song:
- Trigo limpo non o hai; se queres algún centeo, vai por el a cas meu pai
- There's no clean wheat; if you want some rye, go fetch it chez my father
- Na cas do ferreiro, coitelo de pau (proverb) ― At the smith's house, knife of wood
- 19th century, folk-song:
Usage notes
editWhen preceding the preposition de this proclitic form, rather than casa, is frequently used.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cas d”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cas”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cas”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Malay cas, from English charge (“fast ground attack; electric charge”). Cognate of Malay caj.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcas (first-person possessive casku, second-person possessive casmu, third-person possessive casnya)
Derived terms
editVerb
editcas
- (colloquial) to charge, to add energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery).
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Tetum: cas
Further reading
edit- “cas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish cass (“curly, curly-haired”), from Proto-Celtic *kassos (“curly, twisted, woven”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcas (genitive singular masculine cais, genitive singular feminine caise, plural casa, comparative caise)
Declension
editSingular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cas | chas | casa; chasa² | |
Vocative | chais | casa | ||
Genitive | caise | casa | cas | |
Dative | cas; chas¹ |
chas; chais (archaic) |
casa; chasa² | |
Comparative | níos caise | |||
Superlative | is caise |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Verb
editcas (present analytic casann, future analytic casfaidh, verbal noun casadh, past participle casta) (transitive, intransitive)
- twist
- turn
- wind
- (with ar, thar) twist, wind, wrap (something) around (something else)
- (voice, music, idiomatic) sing, play (a song, tune)
- Tá sé ag casadh amhráin. ― He’s singing a song.
- return
- (with le)
- (with ar, do, le) meet with
- Casadh an fear orm. ― I met the man.
- Cathain a casfar ort í? ― When will you meet her?
- (with chuig, ag) happen to have
Conjugation
edit* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
- Alternative verbal noun: castáil (Cois Fharraige)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- barrchas (“ringleted”)
- cas ar, do, le (“to meet, meet with”)
- caschlár (“turntable”)
- castóir (“winder, turner; reproacher, reviler”)
Noun
editcas m (genitive singular casta, nominative plural castaí)
- Alternative form of casadh
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cas | chas | gcas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 67
Lower Sorbian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Slavic *časъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcas m inan
- time (inevitable passing of events)
Declension
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “cas”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “cas”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Malay
editEtymology
editFrom English charge. Doublet of caj.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcas
- charge
- (electromagnetism, chemistry) an electric charge.
- Synonym: muatan (Indonesian)
- (electromagnetism, chemistry) an electric charge.
Descendants
edit- → Indonesian: cas
Further reading
edit- “cas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Masurian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish czas.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcas m inan (diminutive casek)
- time (particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something)
- time; period (length of time)
- weather (short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
editMiddle English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French cas, from Latin casus (“fall”).
Noun
editcas (plural cass)
- case (event, happening)
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
Contraction
editcas f pl
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish cos, from Proto-Celtic *koxsā, from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-eh₂.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcas f (dative singular cois, genitive singular coise, plural casan)
Derived terms
editAdjective
editcas (comparative caise)
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
cas | chas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Spanish
editEtymology
editNamed by indigenous peoples in Costa Rica (Chibchan).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcas m (plural cases)
- the fruit of a very tart species of guava
- Synonyms: guayaba de cas, guayaba de Costa Rica, guayaba agria
- the tree that bears those fruits, Psidium friedrichsthalianum
References
edit- Robertiello, Jack: Guava/Xalxocotl/Aracu/Guayaba, cited in Américas, Volumes 42-44 (1990), p. 58
Further reading
edit- “cas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Welsh
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Welsh and Old Welsh cas, from Proto-Brythonic *kas.
Adjective
editcas (feminine singular cas, plural cas, equative cased, comparative casach, superlative casaf)
- hateful, nasty
- Mae’n gas gyda fi gwrw. ― I hate beer. (literally, “Beer is hateful with me.”)
- unpleasant, difficult
- averse to
Derived terms
editNoun
editcas m (plural casau or casoedd)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editcas m (plural casiau)
- case, container
- Synonym: cynhwysydd
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editAbbreviated form of castell (“castle”).
Noun
editcas m (uncountable)
- Used in place names.
Derived terms
edit- Cas-gwent (“Chepstow”)
- Casllwchwr (“Loughor”)
- Casnewydd (“Newport”)
Etymology 4
editInflected form of cael (“to have; to receive, to get”).
Verb
editcas
Alternative forms
editMutation
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- Rhymes:English/æʒ/1 syllable
- English lemmas
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- English abbreviations
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- dsb:Time
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- cy:Hatred