casu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cāsus.

Noun

casu m (plural casos)

  1. case

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

cāsū m

  1. ablative singular of cāsus (“a fall; falling down; accident, occurrence, chance event; end, termination; case”)

Adverb

cāsū (not comparable)

  1. accidentally, by accident, by chance

Antonyms

References

  • “casu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

casu

  1. locative singular of cas

Sardinian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin cāseus, see there for more. Compare Romanian caș, Spanish queso, Portuguese queijo.

Noun

casu m (plural casos)

  1. cheese

Etymology 2

From Latin cāsus.

Noun

casu m (plural casos)

  1. case

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin cāseus of unknown origin (through vulgar *kas(j)u). Cognate with Italian cacio, Neapolitan caso, Sardinian casu, Aragonese and Spanish queso, Portuguese queijo, Aromanian cash, Romanian caș. Doublet of caciu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.su/,
  • Rhymes: -asu
  • Hyphenation: cà‧su

Noun

casu m (plural casi)

  1. (countable and uncountable) cheese
    Synonyms: tumazzu, furmaggiu, caciu
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

From Latin cāsus, possibly borrowed via Italian caso. Cognate with Italian, Neapolitan, Portuguese, and Spanish caso, Occitan and Catalan cas, Asturian casu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.su/,
  • Rhymes: -asu
  • Hyphenation: cà‧su

Noun

casu m (plural casi)

  1. coincidence, accident (event that happens by chance)
    Synonyms: cuincidenza, mmàttita
    È sulamenti nu casu.
    It's just a coincidence.
  2. chance, fate
    Synonyms: fatu, furtuna, pruvvidenza, sorti
    M'affidu ô casu.
    I trust to chance.
  3. case, circumstance, matter
    Synonym: scaciuni
    U casu di Sciacca. ― The case of Sciacca.
  4. (grammar) case

References

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “casu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 760–761
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “càciu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 607
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 1217: “salare il formaggio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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