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cas
cas
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cas"
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kas/
- Rhymes: -as
Noun
cas m (plural casos)
Related terms
- per si de cas
- per si un cas
French
Etymology
From Old French cas, borrowed from Latin cāsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka/
Noun
cas m (plural cas)
Derived terms
- le cas échéant
- au cas où
- en-cas
- cas d'école
- cas de figure
- en tout cas
- faire cas, faire grand cas, faire peu de cas
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)
Declension
Declension of cas
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cas | chas | casa; chasa² |
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| Vocative | chais | casa | ||
| Genitive | caise | casa | cas | |
| Dative | cas; chas¹ |
chas; chais (archaic) |
casa; chasa² |
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| 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
cas (present analytic casann, future analytic casfaidh, verbal noun casadh, past participle casta)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | casaim | casann tú; casair† |
casann sé, sí | casaimid | casann sibh | casann siad; casaid† |
a chasann; a chasas / a gcasann*; a gcasas* |
castar |
| past | chas mé; chasas | chas tú; chasais | chas sé, sí | chasamar; chas muid | chas sibh; chasabhair | chas siad; chasadar | a chas / ar chas* |
casadh | |
| past habitual | chasainn | chastá | chasadh sé, sí | chasaimis; chasadh muid | chasadh sibh | chasaidís; chasadh siad | a chasadh / ar chasadh* |
chastaí | |
| future | casfaidh mé; casfad |
casfaidh tú; casfair† |
casfaidh sé, sí | casfaimid; casfaidh muid |
casfaidh sibh | casfaidh siad; casfaid† |
a chasfaidh; a chasfas / a gcasfaidh*; a gcasfas* |
casfar | |
| conditional | chasfainn | chasfá | chasfadh sé, sí | chasfaimis; chasfadh muid | chasfadh sibh | chasfaidís; chasfadh siad | a chasfadh / ar chasfadh* |
chasfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go gcasa mé; go gcasad† |
go gcasa tú; go gcasair† |
go gcasa sé, sí | go gcasaimid; go gcasa muid |
go gcasa sibh | go gcasa siad; go gcasaid† |
— | go gcastar |
| past | dá gcasainn | dá gcastá | dá gcasadh sé, sí | dá gcasaimis; dá gcasadh muid |
dá gcasadh sibh | dá gcasaidís; dá gcasadh siad |
— | dá gcastaí | |
| imperative | casaim | cas | casadh sé, sí | casaimis | casaigí; casaidh† |
casaidís | — | castar | |
| verbal noun | casadh | ||||||||
| past participle | casta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
- Alternative verbal noun: castáil (Cois Fharraige)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- cas ar, cas do, cas le (“to meet, meet with”)
- caschlár (“turntable”)
- castóir (“winder, turner; reproacher, reviler”)
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. | ||
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *časъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sas/
Noun
cas m
- time (inevitable passing of events)
Declension
Declension of cas
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰas/
Noun
cas f (genitive singular coise, plural casan)
Usage notes
- The dative form is cois:
- Tha e ochd mìle air cois.
- It is eight miles on foot.
- Tha e ochd mìle air cois.
Derived terms
Terms derived from cas
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Adjective
cas (comparative caise)
Spanish
Noun
cas m (plural cases)
- The fruit of a very tart species of guava
- The tree that bears those fruits, Psidium friedrichsthalianum.
Synonyms
- guyaba de cas
- guayaba de Costa Rica
- guayaba agria