casus

See also casûs

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin casus 'chance, event', from the past participle of cadere 'to fall, happen'; same semantic leap as Dutch voorval, German Vorfall etc., cognate with English case, French cas etc.

Noun

casus m (plural casussen or casus, diminutive casusje)

1. A case, occurrence, instance, especially used for a reference or teaching example and for a legal case
2. (grammar) A case, (instance of) grammatical case
3. A coincidence

Synonyms

• (instance) geval n
• (grammatical) naamval
• (coincidence) toeval n

Related terms

• casuïstiek

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of cadō (“I fall”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈkaː.sus/

Participle

cāsus m (feminine cāsa, neuter cāsum); first/second declension

1. fallen; having fallen

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	cāsus	cāsa	cāsum		cāsī	cāsae	cāsa
genitive	cāsī	cāsae	cāsī		cāsōrum	cāsārum	cāsōrum
dative	cāsō	cāsae	cāsō		cāsīs	cāsīs	cāsīs
accusative	cāsum	cāsam	cāsum		cāsōs	cāsās	cāsa
ablative	cāsō	cāsā	cāsō		cāsīs	cāsīs	cāsīs
vocative	cāse	cāsa	cāsum		cāsī	cāsae	cāsa

Related terms

• cadēns
• cadō

Noun

cāsus (genitive cāsūs); m, fourth declension

1. fall, downwards movement
2. accident, chance
3. an event, happening, occurrence
4. misfortune, disaster, accident
5. (grammar) A case, termination

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cāsus	cāsūs
genitive	cāsūs	cāsuum
dative	cāsuī	cāsibus
accusative	cāsum	cāsūs
ablative	cāsū	cāsibus
vocative	cāsus	cāsūs

Derived terms

• cāsus bellī

Descendants

• English: case (borrowed from Old French)
• French: cas
• Italian: caso
• Neapolitan: caso

• Portuguese: caso
• Romanian: caz
• Russian: ка́зус (kázus) (borrowed)
• Spanish: caso

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic جاسوس (cāsūs).

Pronunciation

Noun

casus (definite accusative casusu, plural casuslar)

1. spy

Declension

declension of casus

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	casus	casuslar
definite accusative (belirtme)	casusu	casusları
dative (yönelme)	casusa	casuslara
locative (bulunma)	casusta	casuslarda
ablative (çıkma)	casustan	casuslardan
genitive (tamlayan)	casusun	casusların

    possessive forms of casus

	singular	plural
benim (my)	casusum	casuslarım
senin (your)	casusun	casusların
onun (his/her/its)	casusu	casusları
bizim (our)	casusumuz	casuslarımız
sizin (your)	casusunuz	casuslarınız
onların (their)	casusu/casusları	casusları

See also

• ajan
• muhbir