gask
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Archaic and jocular) gasque
Etymology edit
Uncertain.
Likely borrowed from Italian casco and Spanish cascarela, cáscara. Originally a term in the cardgame l'Hombre, later incorporated with the game Vira, later incorporated with student slang. First attested in 1734.[1]
Noun edit
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- (card games) A bid in l'Hombre. [since 1817]
- (card games) A somewhat high and adventurous bid in Vira. [since 1898]
- A type of (more or less) formal (university) student party. [since 1897]
Declension edit
Declension of gask | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gask | gasken | gaskar | gaskarna |
Genitive | gasks | gaskens | gaskars | gaskarnas |
In sense 3:
Declension of gask | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gask | gasken | gasker | gaskerna |
Genitive | gasks | gaskens | gaskers | gaskernas |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- gask in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)