See also: KASTA

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese casta (lineage, breed).

Noun

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kasta f

  1. caste

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną. Cognate with Icelandic and Swedish kasta, Norwegian and Danish kaste, and English cast.

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kasta (third person singular past indicative kastaði, third person plural past indicative kastað, supine kastað)

  1. to throw
    Synonyms: blaka, tveita

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Conjugation of kasta (group v-30)
infinitive kasta
supine kastað
participle (a6)1 kastandi kastaður
present past
first singular kasti kastaði
second singular kastar kastaði
third singular kastar kastaði
plural kasta kastaðu
imperative
singular kasta!
plural kastið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Finnish

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kasta

  1. inflection of kastaa:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

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Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną. Cognate with Faroese and Swedish kasta, Norwegian and Danish kaste, and English cast.

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kasta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kastaði, supine kastað)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the dative) to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss
    Kastaðu boltanum hingað!
    Toss the ball here!
    kasta sér í sjóinn.
    To hurl oneself into the ocean.
  2. (baseball, governs the dative) to pitch
  3. (basketball, governs the dative) to shoot
  4. (equestrianism, governs the dative) to foal; to give birth, to bear offspring
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Noun

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kasta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of kast

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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kasta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of köstur

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Indonesian

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From Portuguese casta, possibly from the feminine of casto (chaste), from Old Galician-Portuguese casto, from Latin castus) or from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*kastan) or *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (to throw, cast), *kastuz.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkast̪a]
  • Hyphenation: kas‧ta

Noun

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kasta (plural kasta-kasta, first-person possessive kastaku, second-person possessive kastamu, third-person possessive kastanya)

  1. caste: a separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other, especially hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies.

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Kashubian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Kasten.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkas.ta/
  • Rhymes: -asta
  • Syllabification: kas‧ta

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kasta m inan (diminutive kastka)

  1. chest
    Synonyms: czista, skrzënia

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Further reading

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  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “skrzynia”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “skrzynia”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • kasta”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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kasta n

  1. definite plural of kast

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kasta

  1. inflection of kaste:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

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kasta (present tense kastar, past tense kasta, past participle kasta, passive infinitive kastast, present participle kastande, imperative kasta/kast)

  1. to throw
    Kor langt kan du kasta denne?
    How far can you throw this one?

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

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    kasta

    1. (transitive, with dative) to cast, to throw

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    • kasta um (to throw about, turn around (something))

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    • Icelandic: kasta
    • Faroese: kasta
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kasta
    • Old Swedish: kasta
    • Danish: kaste
    • North Frisian: kastin
    • Middle English: casten, kesten

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    • kasta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

    Old Swedish

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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

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    kasta

    1. to throw, cast

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    References

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    • kasta in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L

    Polish

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    Etymology

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    Internationalism; compare English caste, French caste, German Kaste, ultimately from Portuguese casta.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkas.ta/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -asta
    • Syllabification: kas‧ta

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    kasta f (related adjective kastowy)

    1. (Hinduism) caste (any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies)
    2. caste (separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other)
    3. (zoology) caste (class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony)

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    Further reading

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    • kasta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • kasta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
    • kasta in PWN's encyclopedia

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese casta (lineage, breed).

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    kȁsta f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ста)

    1. caste

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    Swedish

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    Etymology

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    From Old Swedish kasta, from Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (to throw, cast), of unknown origin. Cognate with Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk kasta, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål kaste and English cast.

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    kasta (present kastar, preterite kastade, supine kastat, imperative kasta)

    1. to throw (make an object fly through the air)
      Han kastade ett spjut
      He threw a spear
      1. to roll (a die)
        Hon kastade tärningen
        She rolled the dice [die] [not figurative]
    2. to throw away, discard, dispose of
      Han kastade prylen han inte längre använde
      He threw away the thing he no longer used
    3. (reflexive) to throw oneself
      Han kastade sig till marken
      He threw himself to the ground
    4. to cast (a shadow)
      Träden kastade långa skuggor
      The trees cast long shadows
    5. (card games) to discard, slough
      Han kastade kortet
      He discarded the card

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    • slänga (bit less powerful- and more sloppy-sounding)
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    Vilamovian

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    kasta

    Etymology

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    From Middle High German kaste, from Old High German kasto. Cognate with German Kasten.

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    kasta m (diminutive kastła)

    1. chest (strong box)

    Yogad

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    Noun

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    kasta

    1. beauty