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Tas

Tas

,
Noun.
[F.]
A heap.
[Obs.]
“The tas of bodies slain.”
Chaucer.

Tas

,
Verb.
T.
To tassel.
[Obs.]
“A purse of leather tassed with silk.”
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


Tas

Tas

See also: tas, TAS, tās, tås, taş, -tas, t'as, and Tas.

English

Abbreviation

Tas

  1. (Australia) Alternative form of Tas. (Tasmania)

tas

tas

See also: Tas, TAS, tās, tås, taş, -tas, t'as, and Tas.

English

Noun

tas (plural tasses)

  1. Alternative spelling of tass

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Chono

Numeral

tas

  1. three
    Dios Sap, Dios Cot, Dios Espiritu Santo, tas persona, cayca Dios üeñec. (18th century catechism)
    Dios Padre, Dios Hijo, Dios Espíritu Santo. Tres personas, pero un solo Dios nomás. (translation by Bausami, 1975)
    God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. Three persons but only one God.

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tad, from Proto-Celtic *tatos.

Pronunciation

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [taːz]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [tæːz]

Noun

tas m (plural tasow)

  1. father

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tas, tasse, from Old Dutch *tas, *tasso, from Proto-Germanic *tassaz (pile, heap).

Noun

tas m

  1. heap

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch tassche, tasche. Further origin unknown. Compare Old High German tasca (modern German Tasche), Middle Low German taske.

Noun

tas f (plural tassen, diminutive tasje n)

  1. bag
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Etymology 3

Noun

tas f (plural tassen, diminutive tasje n)

  1. cup (like a cup of coffee or tea)
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French

Etymology

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French tas (heap, mass), from Frankish *tas (mass), from Proto-Germanic *tassaz (heap, mow). Akin to Middle Dutch tas, tasse (heap, pile) (Dutch tas), Middle Low German tas (heap, stack of wheat or other grain, mow), Old English tas (heap, mow of corn or hay). Compare also Scottish Gaelic dais (heap), Scots dass, Welsh dâs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ/

Noun

tas m (plural tas)

  1. heap, pile

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Kurdish

Noun

tas ?

  1. cup

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *ta-, from Proto-Indo-European *to- (that), part of the paradigm of *só, *séh₂, *tód (this, that). Cognates include Lithuanian tàs, Old Prussian stas (< *sa + *tas), Sudovian tas, Old Church Slavonic тъ (), Russian, Ukrainian тот (tot), Bulgarian тъй (tǎj), Czech, Polish ten, Sanskrit तद् (tad), Ancient Greek τό (), Latin iste (< *is-te, with te from *to-).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tas]

Pronoun

tas (demonstrative, distal) (proximal: šis)

  1. (used as a determiner) that
    kur ir tas zirgs? ― where is that horse?
    kur ir vista? ― where is that chicken?
    kur ir tas vecais koks? ― where is that old tree?
    to dienu es ļoti labi atcerosthat day I remember very well
    tai vietā mēs esam jau bijuši ― to that place we have already been
    ko tu lasi tajās jaunajās grāmatas? ― what are you reading in those new books?
  2. (used as a pronoun) that, that one
    tas ir zirgsthat is a horse
    ir vistathat is a chicken
    tas ir mans tēvsthat (one) is my father
    ir mana mātethat (one) is my mother
    tie ir mani bērnithose (ones) are my children
    tās ir manas meitasthose (ones) are my daughters

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), tas”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lithuanian

Pronoun

tas m (plural: tie)

  1. (demonstrative) that

Livonian

Etymology

Likely a borrowing from Latvian tase. Ultimately from German Tasse.

Noun

tas

  1. cup, teacup
  2. a serving of tea or coffee

Declension

Usage notes

Likely to be used with daintier styles of dishware, heavier cups or mugs are likely to be called krūz.

See also

Lojban

Rafsi

tas

  1. rafsi of tansi.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tas

  1. passive of ta

Novial

Pronoun

tas

  1. those (which are female)

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

tas m (Cyrillic spelling тас)

  1. cymbal
  2. the plate part of a traditional balance or scale

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Spanish

Noun

tas m (plural tas)

  1. small anvil

Swedish

Verb

tas

  1. infinitive passive of ta.
  2. present tense passive of ta.

Turkish

Noun

tas

  1. stone (Anglicized spelling)

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