Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Nos (western Moselle Franconian)

Noun

Nas f ‎(plural Nase, diminutive Näsje or Näsche)

1. (Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian) nose

Abenaki

Numeral

nas

1. (cardinal) three

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin nasus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnas/

Noun

nas m ‎(plural nassos)

1. nose

Galician

Etymology 1

From contraction of preposition en ‎(“in”) + feminine plural article as ‎(“the”)

Contraction

nas f pl ‎(masculine sg no, feminine sg na, masculine plural nos)

1. in the

Etymology 2

From a mutation of as.

Pronoun

nas f ‎(accusative)

1. Mutated form of as. (their)

Usage notes

The n- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong, and is suffixed to the preceding word

Related terms

• as
• las
• nos

Hausa

Noun

nâs m, f ‎(plural nas nas)

1. nurse

Kashmiri

Noun

nas

1. a nose

Kurdish

Adjective

nas (comparative }}}, superlative }}})

1. familiar

Latin

Verb

nās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of nō

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nas]

Pronoun

nas

1. genitive of my
2. accusative of my
3. locative of my

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nasus.

Noun

nas

1. nose

Northern Sami

Adverb

nas

1. what about

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n̪as̪]

Pronoun

nas

1. genitive of my
2. accusative of my
3. locative of my

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnas/, /naʃ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐʃ/
• Hyphenation: nas

Etymology 1

Contraction

nas f pl ‎(masculine singular no, masculine plural nos, feminine singular na)

1. em ‎(“in; on; at”) + as ‎(“the, f. pl.”)
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo, Rocco, page 71:

     Gosto de sentir uma brisa saudável nas minhas partes, obrigado.

     I like to feel a healthy breeze on my parts, thank you.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:no.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

nas

1. Alternative form of as (third-person feminine plural objective pronoun) used as an enclitic following a verb form ending in a nasal vowel or diphthong

   Façam-nas.‎

   Make them.

   Farão-nas.‎

   They will make them.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:no.

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nāsus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Noun

nas n ‎(plural nasuri)

1. nose

Declension

Related terms

• năsut

Derived terms

• năsos

See also

• nară

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter) nes

Etymology

From Latin nāsus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Noun

nas m

1. (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) nose

Scottish Gaelic

Particle

nas

1. Precedes the comparative form of an adjective or an adverb.

   glic - wise

   nas glice - wiser

   mòr - big

   nas **** - bigger

Usage notes

• Only used in the present and future tenses. In the past tense and the conditional mood, na bu and na b' are used.
• Lenites initial f if followed by a vowel:

  fuar > nas fhuaire

Related terms

• as

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nâːs/

Pronoun

nȃs ‎(Cyrillic spelling на̑с)

1. of us (genitive plural of jȃ ‎(“I”))
2. us (accusative plural of jȃ ‎(“I”))

Declension

Pronoun

nas ‎(Cyrillic spelling нас)

1. of us ((unstressed) clitic genitive plural of jȃ ‎(“I”))
2. us ((unstressed) clitic accusative plural of jȃ ‎(“I”))

Declension