waz
English edit
Noun edit
waz
- Alternative form of wazz (“act of urination”)
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Jersey Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Cognate to Dutch was (“was”). Compare English was.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
waz
- was (third person singular past tense of the copula)
Middle High German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German waz.
Pronoun edit
waȥ
Declension edit
| Declension of waȥ | |
|---|---|
| nominative | waȥ |
| genitive | wës |
| dative | wëm, wëme |
| accusative | waȥ |
| accusative | wiu |
Related terms edit
- wër (“who”)
Descendants edit
Old High German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Cognate with Dutch wat, English what, Danish hvad. More at what.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
waȥ
Declension edit
| Declension of waȥ | |
|---|---|
| nominative | waȥ |
| genitive | wes |
| dative | wemu, wemo |
| accusative | waȥ |
| instrumental | wiu |
Related terms edit
- wer (“who”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
waz f
Yola edit
Verb edit
waz
- Alternative form of waas
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 12-14:
- az avare ye trad dicke londe yer name waz ee-kent var ee vriene o' livertie, an He fo brake ye neckarès o' zlaves.
- for before your foot pressed the soil, your name was known to us as the friend of liberty, and he who broke the fetters of the slave.
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114