jas

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See also: Jas, jàs, Jaś, jäs, jås, -jas, Jas., and јас

English

Noun

jas

  1. plural of ja

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch jas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jas/
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Noun

jas (plural jasse, diminutive jassie)

  1. coat
  2. (dialectal) crazy, mad

Descendants

  • Lozi: jansi
  • Southern Ndebele: ijasi
  • Swazi: lijazi
  • Xhosa: idyasi
  • Zulu: ijazi

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

jas m inan

  1. brightness

Declension

Further reading

  • jas”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • jas”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • jas”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Origin unknown. Compare West Frisian jas (coat, jacket), Saterland Frisian Jasse (jacket), Middle Low German jesse, gesse (a man's garment, doublet, jacket).

Noun

jas m (plural jassen, diminutive jasje n)

  1. a coat (outer garment)
  2. (dialectal, Volendam) someone who hasn't been born and raised in Volendam
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jas m (plural jassen, diminutive jasje n)

  1. (card games, archaic) a jack or knave, especially as a trump card
    Synonyms: troefboer, troefzot
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

jas

  1. inflection of jassen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

French

Jas des Terres du Roux at Redortiers, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Etymology

From Occitan jatz, from Vulgar Latin *jacium, from jacēre, jaceō. Compare gésir (to lie, to be buried) and gîte (lodging).

Pronunciation

Noun

jas m (plural jas)

  1. (Provence) sheepfold
    Synonym: bergerie

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch jas.

Pronunciation

Noun

jas (plural jas-jas)

  1. suit jacket

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

K'iche'

Pronoun

jas

  1. what
  2. which

References

Lithuanian

Pronoun

jas f pl

  1. third-person plural accusative of jos

Swedish

Noun

jas

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ja

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English judge.

Noun

jas

  1. judge