See also: cach, Cach, cac'h, càch, and cạch

Muong edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Vietic *kac, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kac. Cognate with Vietnamese cắt (to cut).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

cách

  1. to cut
  2. to harvest

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)

  1. everyone
  2. whoever

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

Descendants edit

  • Irish: cách
  • Scottish Gaelic: càch

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
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

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun edit

cách

  1. way, manner, fashion
    cách làm việcthe way of working
    một cách nhanh chóngquickly, rapidly
  2. (grammar, linguistics) grammatical case
    sở hữu cách/cách sở hữuthe genitive case
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Prefix edit

cách

  1. (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 .

Verb edit

cách

  1. 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

  1. non-conductive or -proof or insulating
    Antonym: dẫn
    cách điệnnon-electroconductive, (electrically) insulating
    cách nhiệtnon-thermoconductive, (thermally) insulating
    cách âmsoundproof

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Etymology 3 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Verb edit

cách

  1. (only in compounds) to change, to reform
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