vass
Cimbrian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German vaz, from Old High German faz, from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel, container”). Cognate with German Fass, Dutch vat, English vat, Icelandic fat.
Noun edit
vass n (plural vèssar, diminutive vèssle)
- (Sette Comuni) vat, tub
- De baibar habent gabèsset au an vass gaplèttarakh. ― The women washed a tub of clothing.
Declension edit
Declension of vass – 3rd declension
References edit
- “bass” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
vass
- imperative of vassa
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish hvas, from Old Norse hvǫss, hvass, from Proto-Germanic *hwassaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₁dstós.
Alternative forms edit
- hvass (obsolete)
Adjective edit
vass (comparative vassare, superlative vassast)
- sharp (able to cut easily)
- (figuratively) sharp
- vass tunga
- sharp tongue
Declension edit
Inflection of vass | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | vass | vassare | vassast |
Neuter singular | vasst | vassare | vassast |
Plural | vassa | vassare | vassast |
Masculine plural3 | vasse | vassare | vassast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | vasse | vassare | vassaste |
All | vassa | vassare | vassaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Swedish vas, from Proto-Germanic *wassaz, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”).
Noun edit
vass c
Declension edit
Declension of vass | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vass | vassen | vassar | vassarna |
Genitive | vass | vassens | vassars | vassarnas |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- vass in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- vass in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)