vassa

See also: vässa

Cypriot Arabic

Root
v-s-y
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَصَّى (waṣṣā).

Verb

vassa II (present pivassi) (transitive)

1. to advise, to inform

References

• 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

Etymology

From Old French vassal, from Early Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish uassos (“young man, squire”).

Noun

vassa m (plural vassaux)

1. (Jersey) vassal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vasse (e-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse *vaðsa, from vaða. Compare Faroese vassa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vasːa/

Verb

vassa (present tense vassar, past tense vassa, past participle vassa, passive infinitive vassast, present participle vassande, imperative vassa/vass)

1. to wade

   Synonym: vada

Further reading

• “vassa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• वस्स (Devanagari script)
• ৰস্স (Bengali script)
• වස‍්ස (Sinhalese script)
• ဝဿ or ဝသ်သ (Burmese script)
• วสฺส or วัสสะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩔ (Tai Tham script)
• ວສ຺ສ or ວັສສະ (Lao script)
• វស្ស (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄥𑄴𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa).

Noun

vassa m or n

1. rain
2. year

Declension

Declension table of "vassa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
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:

Declension table of "vassa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vassaṃ	vassāni
Accusative (second)	vassaṃ	vassāni
Vocative (calling)	vassa	vassāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vassa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Swedish

Adjective

vassa

1. inflection of vass:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Anagrams

• savas

Votic

Etymology

(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

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑsːɑː/, [ˈvɑsːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑsːɑː
• Hyphenation: vas‧sa

Postposition

vassa (genitive ~)

1. across (from)
2. against

Preposition

vassa (~ genitive)

1. across (from)
2. against

Adverb

vassa

1. at one (e.g. of a person that one comes across when moving)

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “vassaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn