cách
Muong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Vietic *kac, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kac. Cognate with Vietnamese cắt (“to cut”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cách
References edit
- Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂-kʷo-. Cognate with Middle Welsh pawb and modern Welsh pawb, Old Church Slavonic какъ (kakŭ, “what kind of”), Lithuanian kõks (“what kind of”).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
cách (genitive cáich)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cách.
Usage notes edit
Often modified by the definite article in when defined by a relative clause.
Derived terms edit
- cach (determiner)
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cách | chách | cách pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 490, page 310
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cách”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kajk̟̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kat̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kat̚˦˥]
Audio (Ho Chi Minh City) (file)
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 格.
Noun edit
cách
- way, manner, fashion
- cách làm việc ― the way of working
- một cách nhanh chóng ― quickly, rapidly
- (grammar, linguistics) grammatical case
- sở hữu cách/cách sở hữu ― the genitive case
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Prefix edit
cách
- (in certain expression, often literary) Forming intensifiers preceding certain particles and quantifiers
- dù có cố gắng cách mấy... ― no matter how hard you try...
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 隔.
Verb edit
cách
- to be distant from, to be separated from
- Nhà tui cách thành phố 50 cây số.
- My house is 50 kilometers from (the/a) city.
- Tôi không biết khoảng cách đó là bao nhiêu.
- I don't know how far that is. (lit. what the distance is)
Prefix edit
cách
- non-conductive or -proof or insulating
- Antonym: dẫn
- cách điện ― non-electroconductive, (electrically) insulating
- cách nhiệt ― non-thermoconductive, (thermally) insulating
- cách âm ― soundproof
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Etymology 3 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 革.
Verb edit
cách
Derived terms edit
Derived terms