cás

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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

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

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

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Pronunciation

 

Noun

cás

  1. plural of cá
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