cas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cas"

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cāsus (“case”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cas m (plural casos)

  1. case (event, situation, or fact)
  • per si de cas
  • per si un cas

Further reading

Drehu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑs/

Numeral

cas

  1. (cardinal) one

References

French

Etymology

From Old French cas, borrowed from Latin cāsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑ/
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Noun

cas m (plural cas)

  1. case, situation
  2. (medicine) case
  3. (law) case
    cas clinique ― clinical case
  4. (grammar) case

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cass (“curly, curly-haired”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cas (genitive singular masculine cais, genitive singular feminine caise, plural casa, comparative caise)

  1. twisted, winding; curly
  2. complicated, intricate
  3. twisty, devious

Declension

Verb

cas (present analytic casann, future analytic casfaidh, verbal noun casadh, past participle casta) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. twist
  2. turn
  3. wind
  4. (with ar, thar) twist, wind, wrap (something) around (something else)
  5. (voice, music, idiomatic) sing, play (a song, tune)
    Tá sé ag casadh amhráin.
    He’s singing a song.
  6. return
  7. (with le)
    1. reproach with
    2. attempt
  8. (with ar, do, le) meet with
    Casadh an fear orm.
    I met the man.
    Cathain a casfar ort í?
    When will you meet her?
  9. (with chuig, ag) happen to have

Conjugation

  • Alternative verbal noun: castáil (Cois Fharraige)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

cas m (genitive singular casta, nominative plural castaí)

  1. Alternative form of casadh

Mutation

Irish 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

  • "cas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “cas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “cas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sas/

Noun

cas m

  1. time (inevitable passing of events)

Declension

Derived terms

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cas.

Noun

cas (plural cass)

  1. case (event, happening)

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰas/

Noun

cas f (genitive singular coise, plural casan)

  1. leg
  2. foot
  3. handle

Usage notes

  • The dative form is cois:
    Tha e ochd mìle air cois. ― It is eight miles on foot.

Derived terms

Adjective

cas (comparative caise)

  1. steep

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
caschas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Noun

cas m (plural cases)

  1. The fruit of a very tart species of guava
  2. The tree that bears those fruits, Psidium friedrichsthalianum.

Synonyms

  • guyaba de cas
  • guayaba de Costa Rica
  • guayaba agria

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːs/

Etymology 1

Adjective

cas (feminine singular cas, plural cas, equative cased, comparative casach, superlative casaf)

  1. hateful, nasty
  2. unpleasant, difficult
  3. averse to

Etymology 2

Noun

cas m (plural casiau)

  1. case, container
    Synonym: cynhwysydd

Etymology 3

Abbreviated form of castell (“castle”).

Proper noun

cas m

  1. Used in place names.
Derived terms
  • Cas-gwent (“Chepstow”)
  • Casllwchwr (“Loughor”)
  • Casnewydd (“Newport”)

Etymology 4

Inflected form of cael (“to have; to receive, to get”).

Verb

cas

  1. third-person singular preterite of cael
Alternative forms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cas gas nghas chas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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