fass
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Central Franconian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German fast, from Old High German fast, from Proto-West Germanic *fast.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fass (masculine faste, feminine and plural faste or fass, comparative faster, superlative et miets fass)
Usage notes
- In adverbial or predicative function the superlative may also be et faste.
Derived terms
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
Etymology
The adjective form is likely a semantic shift of the word English fast in the dated sense of having immoral habits. The verb form is instead derived from the English verb "to fuss."
Pronunciation
Adjective
fass
- Alternative spelling of fast.
- Mi cyaan ketch yuh. Yuh too fass fi mi.
- I can't catch up to you. You're too fast for me.
- nosy; inquisitive
- Yuh too fass. Yuh fi stay outta people business.
- You're too nosy. Don't get involved in other people's affairs.
- 2008, Jennifer Keane-Dawes, “Dear Jamaica: Living among the dead”, in The Jamaica Gleaner:
- “Mabel: "Gladys, nuh seh me fass. But wah mek yu fallah Ivan gone lib ova da cemetery?" […] ”
- Mabel: "Gladys, please don't think I'm being inquisitive. But why did you decide to go live in the cemetery with Ivan?
Verb
fass
- meddle in others' affairs
- Wah mek yuh a fass inna di people dem business?
- Why are you meddling in the people's affairs?
- Miss May always a fass inna people business.
- Ms. May is always meddling in other people's affairs.
- 2010, Jennifer M. Keane-Dawes, Dear Jamaica: Expressions of Indigenous Knowledge, →ISBN, page 31:
- “Tek Iris who fa love now, is fe fass inna people bisniss. Suh everytime people see him a shoob een him hearing aid an a tep like cock chicken a come, dem know fe tikya. […] ”
- For example, there's Iris who loves to meddle in other people's affairs. Whenever people see her putting her hearing aid in, walking over like a rooster, they know they need to be careful.
References
- ^ Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 225
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English fæs; cognate to Middle High German vase.
Pronunciation
Noun
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- ^ “fas, n..”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 29 November 2019.
- ^ “fā̆s, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-11-29.
