vas

See also: vas-, vaš, vás, váš, vås, and Vas

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin vas (“vessel”), from 1645–1655.

NounEdit

vas (plural vasa)

1. (anatomy) A vessel or duct transporting any bodily fluid, such as blood, lymph, chyle, or semen.
2. (colloquial, specifically) The vas deferens.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from vas

• vas-
• vasal
• vasa vasorum
• vascular

• vasculitis
• vas deferens
• vasectomy

• vas efferens
• vasiform
• vaso-

• vasoconstriction
• vasodilation
• vasomotor

AnagramsEdit

• ASV, Sav., sav

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AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• vasu

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vāsum. Compare Daco-Romanian vas.

NounEdit

vas n (plural vasi or vase)

1. vessel
2. kitchenware
3. bowl, basin
4. receptacle, container, jar

Derived termsEdit

• vãsãrii

Related termsEdit

• vaz

See alsoEdit

• pheat
• blid
• cãtsãn

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BintuluEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-North Sarawak [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

NounEdit

vas

1. rice ((raw) seeds used as food)

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vāsum and vās.

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈvas/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbas/

NounEdit

vas m (plural vasos)

1. glass (a drinking glass)
2. vessel

SynonymsEdit

• (glass): got, tassó

VerbEdit

vas

1. second-person singular present indicative form of anar

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /vɑ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /vɔ/

VerbEdit

vas

1. second-person singular present indicative of aller

   Où vas-tu ? ― Where are you going?

2. (Canada) (colloquial) first-person singular present indicative of aller

   Il vas au parc. ― He's going to the park.

3. second-person singular present indicative of vader

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GalicianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

vas f pl

1. feminine plural of van

VerbEdit

vas

1. second-person singular present indicative of ir

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HungarianEdit

Chemical element
Fe	Previous: mangán (Mn)
	Next: kobalt (Co)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Uralic *waśke. Cognate with Finnish vaski.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒʃ]
• Hyphenation: vas

NounEdit

vas (plural vasak)

1. iron (symbol: Fe)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vas	vasak
accusative	vasat	vasakat
dative	vasnak	vasaknak
instrumental	vassal	vasakkal
causal-final	vasért	vasakért
translative	vassá	vasakká
terminative	vasig	vasakig
essive-formal	vasként	vasakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vasban	vasakban
superessive	vason	vasakon
adessive	vasnál	vasaknál
illative	vasba	vasakba
sublative	vasra	vasakra
allative	vashoz	vasakhoz
elative	vasból	vasakból
delative	vasról	vasakról
ablative	vastól	vasaktól

Possessive forms of vas
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	vasam	vasaim
2nd person sing.	vasad	vasaid
3rd person sing.	vasa	vasai
1st person plural	vasunk	vasaink
2nd person plural	vasatok	vasaitok
3rd person plural	vasuk	vasaik

Derived termsEdit

• vasal
• vasas

(Compound words):

• kovácsoltvas
• ócskavas
• vasbeton
• vascső
• vasfüggöny
• vasgyár
• vasmacska
• vastaps
• vasút
• vasvilla

(Expressions):

• addig üsd a vasat, amíg meleg
• kovácsolt vas

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LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Classical collateral form of pre-Classical vāsum, from Proto-Italic *wass, cognate with Umbrian vasus (“container”), but further origin uncertain, with no known cognates outside of Italic.

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /waːs/

NounEdit

vās n (genitive vāsis); third declension

1. vessel, dish
2. vase
3. utensil, instrument
4. (in the plural) equipment, apparatus

DeclensionEdit

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	vās	vāsa
genitive	vāsis	vāsōrum
dative	vāsī	vāsīs
accusative	vās	vāsa
ablative	vāse	vāsīs
vocative	vās	vāsa

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from vas

• vasa vasorum

• vāsculum

• vās muliebre

DescendantsEdit

• English: vas, vas aberrans, vasa brevia, vasa inferentia, vasa omphalo-mesenterica, vas deferens, vasa pampiniformia, vasa præparantia, vasa propria, vasa seminalia, vasa umbilicalia, vasa vasorum, vase, vas efferens, vas rectum
• Catalan: vas
• French: vase
• Icelandic: vasi

• Italian: vassoio
• Romanian: vas
• Russian: ваза (vaza)
• Portuguese: vaso
• Spanish: vasija, vaso
• Swedish: vas

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to bind, pledge”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /was/

NounEdit

vas m (genitive vadis); third declension

1. bail, surety

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	vas	vadēs
genitive	vadis	vadum
dative	vadī	vadibus
accusative	vadem	vadēs
ablative	vade	vadibus
vocative	vas	vadēs

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from vas

• praes

• vadimōnium

• vador

ReferencesEdit

• vas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vas in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vas in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “vas”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 655

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʋaːs/ (example of pronunciation)

NounEdit

vas n (definite singular vaset, uncountable)

1. nonsense, rubbish

SynonymsEdit

• vås

ReferencesEdit

• “vas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vāsum (“vessel”).

NounEdit

vas n (plural vase)

1. vessel (including blood vessels), general term for receptacle or container (such as a bowl, basin, dish, bucket, etc.)
2. watercraft
3. cask

DeclensionEdit

declension of vas

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) vas	vasul	(niște) vase	vasele
genitive/dative	(unui) vas	vasului	(unor) vase	vaselor
vocative	vasule		vaselor

See alsoEdit

• vază

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʋâːs/

PronounEdit

vȃs (Cyrillic spelling ва̑с)

1. of you (genitive plural of tȋ (“you”))
2. you (accusative plural of tȋ (“you”))

DeclensionEdit

Declension of vas

	singular	plural
nominative	tȋ	vȋ
genitive	tȅbe, te	vȃs, vas
dative	tȅbi, ti	vȁma, vam
accusative	tȅbe, te	vȃs, vas
vocative	ti	vȋ
locative	tȅbi	vȁma
instrumental	tȍbōm	vȁma

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Slavic *vьsь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *viḱ (“house, village”).

NounEdit

vas f (Cyrillic spelling вас)

1. (Chakavian, Kajkavian) village

Alternative formsEdit

• ves

SynonymsEdit

• selo (Standard)

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SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *vьsь.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋáːs/
• Tonal orthography: vȃs

NounEdit

vás f (genitive vasí, nominative plural vasí)

1. village (a rural settlement that is smaller than a mesto (a town/city))

DeclensionEdit

Declension of vás (feminine, i-stem, mobile accent)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	vás	vasí	vasí
accusative	vás	vasí	vasí
genitive	vasí	vasí	vasí
dative	vási	vaséma	vasém
locative	vási	vaséh	vaséh
instrumental	vasjó	vaséma	vasmí

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bas/

VerbEdit

vas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of ir.

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /vɑːs/

NounEdit

vas c

1. a vase

DeclensionEdit

Declension of vas
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vas	vasen	vaser	vaserna
Genitive	vas	vasens	vasers	vasernas

Related termsEdit

• blomvas