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See also: kāss and Kass

Estonian

Etymology

Most likely from a dialectal variant of Russian ко́шка (kóška). Possibly an older loan from Old East Slavic [Term?].

Pronunciation

Noun

kass (genitive kassi, partitive kassi)

  1. cat

Declension

More information Declension of (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation), singular ...

Derived terms

References

  • Raimo Raag. (2015), A Criterion for Old Age, section “Word stems in modern standard Estonian of Old East Slavic origin”, in Книгамъ бо есть неищетная глубина: Essays in Honour of Irina Lysén.
  • kass”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

kass (comparative kassare, superlative kassast)

  1. (colloquial) very bad, crap
    Synonym: usel
    Filmen var kass.
    The movie was crap.
    Telefonens mottagning är kass.
    The phone's reception is crap.
    • 2025 November 30, Martin Liby Troein, “Trump är svagare än på mycket länge – det gör honom också mycket farlig [Trump is weaker than he has been for a very long time – that also makes him very dangerous]”, in Dagens Nyheter:
      Det handlar heller inte bara om tio dagar – november var en kass månad för Donald Trump.
      And it's not just a matter of ten days – November was a horrible month for Donald Trump.

Declension

More information Indefinite, positive ...

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

kass c

  1. (Dalecarlia, Orsa) basket for a baby

Anagrams

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