vassa
Cypriot Arabic edit
Root |
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v-s-y |
2 terms |
Etymology edit
Verb edit
vassa II (present pivassi) (transitive)
References edit
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 464
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French vassal, from Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish uassos (“young man, squire”).
Noun edit
vassa m (plural vassaux)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- vasse (e-infinitive)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse *vaðsa, from vaða. Compare Faroese vassa.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
vassa (present tense vassar, past tense vassa, past participle vassa, passive infinitive vassast, present participle vassande, imperative vassa/vass)
Further reading edit
- “vassa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa).
Noun edit
vassa m or n
Declension edit
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | vasso | vassā |
Accusative (second) | vassaṃ | vasse |
Instrumental (third) | vassena | vassehi or vassebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vassassa or vassāya or vassatthaṃ | vassānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vassasmā or vassamhā or vassā | vassehi or vassebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vassassa | vassānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vassasmiṃ or vassamhi or vasse | vassesu |
Vocative (calling) | vassa | vassā |
When the gender is neuter, the nominative, vocative and accusative are declined somewhat differently:
References edit
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vassa”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
vassa
Anagrams edit
Votic edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Finnish vastaan and Ingrian vastaa.
Pronunciation edit
Postposition edit
vassa (genitive + ~)
Preposition edit
vassa (~ + genitive)
Adverb edit
vassa
- at one (e.g. of a person that one comes across when moving)
References edit
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “vassaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn