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See also: KASTA

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese casta (“lineage, breed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kasta f (relational adjective kastovní)

  1. caste

Declension

Declension of kasta (hard feminine)
More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną. Cognate with Icelandic and Swedish kasta, Norwegian and Danish kaste, and English cast.

Pronunciation

Verb

kasta (third person singular past indicative kastaði, third person plural past indicative kastað, supine kastað)

  1. to throw
    Synonyms: blaka, tveita

Conjugation

More information infinitive, supine ...

1Only the past participle being declined.

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Finnish

Verb

kasta

  1. inflection of kastaa:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

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Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną. Cognate with Faroese and Swedish kasta, Norwegian and Danish kaste, and English cast.

Pronunciation

Verb

kasta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kastaði, supine kastað)

  1. to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss [intransitive or with dative]
    Synonyms: varpa, fleygja, henda
    Kastaðu boltanum hingað!
    Toss the ball here!
    Að kasta sér í sjóinn.
    To hurl oneself into the ocean.
  2. (baseball) to pitch [with dative ‘something’]
  3. (basketball) to shoot [with dative ‘something’]
  4. (equestrianism) to foal; to give birth to, to bear [with dative ‘offspring’]
Conjugation
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...
Derived terms
  • kasta af sér vatni
  • kasta aftur
  • kasta á glæ
  • kasta eign sinni á
  • kasta eign sinni á einhvern
  • kasta einhverju fram
  • kasta fram
  • kasta fram vísu
  • kasta kveðju á
  • kasta kveðju á einhvern
  • kasta mæðinni
  • kasta perlum fyrir svín
  • kasta rýrð á
  • kasta rýrð á eitthvað
  • kasta upp
  • kastaður
  • kastari
See also

Noun

kasta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of kast

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kasta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of köstur

Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Etymology

From Portuguese casta, possibly from the feminine of casto (“chaste”), from Old Galician-Portuguese casto, from Latin castus) or from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*kastan) or *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), *kastuz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkast̪a]
  • Hyphenation: kas‧ta

Noun

kasta (plural kasta-kasta)

  1. caste: a separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other, especially hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies

Affixed terms

  • berkasta

Compounds

  • kasta brahmana
  • kasta kesatria
  • kasta paria
  • kasta sudra
  • kasta waisya

Further reading

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Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kasten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkas.ta/
  • Rhymes: -asta
  • Syllabification: kas‧ta

Noun

kasta m inan (diminutive kastka)

  1. chest
    Synonyms: czista, skrzënia

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “skrzynia”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “skrzynia”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • “kasta”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kasta n

  1. definite plural of kast

Verb

kasta

  1. inflection of kaste:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

Pronunciation

Verb

kasta (present tense kastar, past tense kasta, past participle kasta, passive infinitive kastast, present participle kastande, imperative kasta/kast)

  1. to throw
    Kor langt kan du kasta denne?
    How far can you throw this one?

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present participle ...

1 Rare today.

References

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Old Norse

Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

    Verb

    kasta

    1. to cast, to throw [with dative]

    Conjugation

    More information infinitive, present participle ...
    More information infinitive, present participle ...

    Derived terms

    • kasta um (“to throw about, turn around (something)”)

    Descendants

    • Icelandic: kasta
    • Faroese: kasta
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kasta
    • Old Swedish: kasta
    • Danish: kaste
    • → North Frisian: kastin
    • → Middle English: casten, kesten

    Further reading

    • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kasta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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    Old Swedish

    Etymology

    From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

    Verb

    kasta

    1. to throw, cast

    Conjugation

    More information present, past ...

    Descendants

    References

    • kasta in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L
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    Polish

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    Etymology

    Internationalism; compare English caste, French caste, German Kaste, ultimately from Portuguese casta.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkas.ta/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -asta
    • Syllabification: kas‧ta

    Noun

    kasta f (related adjective kastowy)

    1. (Hinduism) caste (any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies)
    2. caste (separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other)
    3. (zoology) caste (class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony)

    Declension

    Declension of kasta
    More information singular, plural ...
    nouns
    • kastowość

    Further reading

    • kasta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • kasta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
    • kasta in PWN's encyclopedia
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    Serbo-Croatian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese casta (“lineage, breed”).

    Noun

    kȁsta f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ста)

    1. caste

    Declension

    More information singular, plural ...

    Swedish

    Etymology

    From Old Swedish kasta, from Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk kasta, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål kaste and English cast.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    kasta (present kastar, preterite kastade, supine kastat, imperative kasta)

    1. to throw (make an object fly through the air)
      Han kastade ett spjut
      He threw a spear
      1. to roll (a die)
        Hon kastade tärningen
        She rolled the dice [die] [not figurative]
    2. to throw away, discard, dispose of
      Han kastade prylen han inte längre använde
      He threw away the thing he no longer used
    3. (reflexive) to throw oneself
      Han kastade sig till marken
      He threw himself to the ground
    4. to cast (a shadow)
      Träden kastade långa skuggor
      The trees cast long shadows
    5. (card games) to discard, slough
      Han kastade kortet
      He discarded the card

    Conjugation

    More information active, passive ...

    1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

    Synonyms

    • slänga (bit less powerful- and more sloppy-sounding)

    References

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    Vilamovian

    Etymology

    From Middle High German kaste, from Old High German kasto. Cognate with German Kasten.

    Noun

    kasta m (diminutive kastła)

    1. chest (strong box)

    Yogad

    Noun

    kasta

    1. beauty

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