kas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kas"

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Kashmiri, from Hindustani कश्मीर / کشمیر (kaśmīr, “Kashmir”), from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra).

Symbol

kas

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kashmiri.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kashmiri terms

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• kaas

Noun

kas (plural kases)

1. A kind of large cupboard or wardrobe of Dutch origin, popular in the Netherlands and America in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Etymology 2

Noun

kas

1. plural of ka

Anagrams

• AKs, ASK, Ask, KSA, SAK, SKA, aks, ask, ska

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkas/ [ˈkʌs]
• Hyphenation: kas

Noun

kás m 

1. advise
2. mind
3. wisdom
4. intelligence

Declension

Declension of kás
absolutive	kás
predicative	kása
subjective	kás
genitive	kastí
Postpositioned forms l-case kásal k-case kásak t-case kásat h-case kásah

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “kas”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas/

Noun

kas (plural kaste)

1. A cupboard.

Breton

Etymology 1

From Middle Breton cas, from Proto-Brythonic *kas, from Proto-Celtic *kassis.

Noun

kas m

1. hatred

Mutation

Mutation of kas

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
kas	gas	c'has	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

kas

1. to send

Mutation

Mutation of kas

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kas	gas	c'has	unchanged	unchanged

Cebuano

Etymology

Shortening of kalas.

Verb

kas

1. to squander

Adjective

kas

1. wasteful

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish cas, from Proto-Brythonic *kad, from Proto-Celtic *katus, Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus. Cognate with Breton kad, Irish and Scottish Gaelic cath, Manx cah, and Welsh cad.

Noun

kas f (plural kasow)

1. battle, war, armed conflict

Derived terms

• kaskyrgh (“military expedition, campaign”)
• kaskyrgher, kaskyrghores (“campaigner”)
• kaskyrghes (“campaign”, verb)
• kasor, kasores (“fighter”)
• kasorek (“militant”)
• kasvargh (“warhorse”)
• kasworhel (“warship”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Cornish cas, from Proto-Brythonic *kas, from Proto-Celtic *kassis, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂dtis. Doublet of keudh (“grief”). Cognate with Breton kas and Welsh cas.

Noun

kas m

1. hate, hatred, dislike

Derived terms

• kas a gethreydh (“homophobia”)
• kas a venynreydh (“misogyny”)
• kasa (“hate, dislike”, verb)
• kasadewder (“hatefulness”)
• kasadow (“hateful”)
• kasegor (“-phobe”)

Verb

kas

1. inflection of kasa (“to hate”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English case.

Noun

kas m (plural kasys)

1. case, instance, circumstance

Derived terms

• studhyans kas (“case study”)
• y'n gwella kas (“ideally”)
• y'n kas (“under the circumstances”)
• y'n kas arbennik ma (“in this particular case”)
• yn neb kas (“anyhow, anyway”)

Mutation

Mutation of kas

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kas	gas	has	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Homophone: kaz

Noun

kas f

1. genitive plural of kasa

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch casse, from Old French casse, from Italian cassa, from Latin capsa. Doublet of cash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑs/

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• Hyphenation: kas
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

kas f (plural kassen, diminutive kasje n)

1. (Netherlands) a greenhouse

   Synonyms: broeikas, kweekhuis, serre (Belgium)

2. a public or private entity, mainly concerned with managing funds for a certain purpose, after which it is often named
3. a counter, room etc. where cash payments are made and/or received
4. a protective casing
5. (dated) cash

   geld in kas - cash in hand

6. archaic form of kassa

Derived terms

• borstkas
• broeikas
• hulpkas
• kastekort
• krap bij kas
• ziekenkas

Descendants

• Negerhollands: kas
• → Indonesian: kas
• → Caribbean Javanese: kas
• → Sranan Tongo: kasi
  • → Caribbean Javanese: kasi, kas

Estonian

Etymology

Derived from kaasas.

Particle

kas

1. Used to introduce a yes-or-no question.

   Kas ta on saabunud?

   Has (s)he arrived?

See also

• kas või, kasvõi

Finnish

Alternative forms

• kah, ka (dialectal)

Etymology

From the imperative katso! (“look!”), from katsoa (“to look”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑs/, [ˈkɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑs
• Syllabification^(key): kas
• Hyphenation^(key): kas

Interjection

kas

1. look!, oh!, my!, behold! (used as expression of surprise, often accompanied with -pa -suffix in the verb used to explain the reason for astonishment)

   Kas, onpa sinulla suuret hampaat!

   My, what big teeth you have!

   Kas vain, onpa poika kasvanut!

   Look at that, how the boy has grown up!

2. look (used to start an explanation)

   Kas, asia on niin, että...

   Look, the thing is that...

Usage notes

The use of kas is getting out of fashion as opening of an explanation and it is largely replaced in speech by kato.

Derived terms

• kas kummaa
• kas niin
• kas vain
• kas tässä

Further reading

• “kas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• -ska, SAK

French

Noun

kas m

1. plural of ka

Gothic

Romanization

kas

1. romanization of 𐌺𐌰𐍃