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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from a South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic часъ (časŭ, “time, moment, hour”), Serbo-Croatian čas (“time, moment, hour”) and Bulgarian час (čas, “hour, period”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *časъ (“time”).
The auslaut -t derives from the old locative or prepositional accusative case.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
çast m (plural çaste, definite çasti, definite plural çastet)
- moment
- opportunity
Synonyms
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References
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “çast”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 328
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “çast”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 50
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “çast”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 118-119
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Perhaps from Russian счастье (sčastʹje).
Noun
çast
- luck, fortune
Declension