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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)
Declension
Derived terms
- kassiliiv
- kassitoit
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)
- (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
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
- (Dalecarlia, Orsa) basket for a baby
Anagrams
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