cás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cas"

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English cas, from Anglo-Norman casse (“box, chest, case”) (compare Old French chasse), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capiō (“I take, seize, hold”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /kɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kaːsˠ/

Noun

cás m (genitive singular cáis, nominative plural cásanna)

1. case

   D’fhág sin figiúr iomlán de 2 chás idir lámha. ― It gave an overall figure of 2 cases in hand.

2. affair
3. cage
4. suitcase
5. concern
6. situation
7. scenario
8. shell

Declension

Declension of cás (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cás cásanna vocative a cháis a chásanna genitive cáis cásanna dative cás cásanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cás na cásanna genitive an cháis na gcásanna dative leis an gcás don chás leis na cásanna

Derived terms

• clogás
• cruachás
• cuir i gcás
• in anchás

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of cás

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cás	chás	gcás

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 67

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka(j)s/ [ˈka(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka(j)s/ [ˈka(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈka(j)ʃ/ [ˈka(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -as, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃ, (Brazil) -ajs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
• Homophone: cais (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: cás

Noun

cás

1. plural of cá