jas

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

English

Noun

jas

plural of ja

Anagrams

JSA, saj, sáj

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch jas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jas/
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Noun

jas (plural jasse, diminutive jassie)

coat
(dialectal) crazy, mad

Descendants

→ Lozi: jansi
- → Yeyi: újànsí
→ Southern Ndebele: ijasi
→ Swazi: lijazi
→ Xhosa: idyasi
→ Zulu: ijazi

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

jas m inan

brightness

Declension

Declension of jas (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	jas	jasy
genitive	jasu	jasů
dative	jasu	jasům
accusative	jas	jasy
vocative	jase	jasy
locative	jase, jasu	jasech
instrumental	jasem	jasy

Related terms

jasný

Further reading

jas in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
jas in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
jas in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

jas

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jɑs/
audio (file)
Hyphenation: jas
Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1

Origin unknown.

Noun

jas m (plural jassen, diminutive jasje n)

A coat (outer garment).
(dialectal, Volendam) Someone who hasn't been born and raised in Volendam.

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: jas
- → Lozi: jansi
  - → Yeyi: újànsí
- → Southern Ndebele: ijasi
- → Swazi: lijazi
- → Xhosa: idyasi
- → Zulu: ijazi
→ Aukan: yasi
→ Caribbean Javanese: jas, yas
→ Indonesian: jas
- → Petjo: djas
→ Papiamentu: yas, jas

Etymology 2

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Noun

jas m (plural jassen, diminutive jasje n)

(card games, archaic) A jack or knave, especially as a trump card.
Synonyms: troefboer, troefzot

Alternative forms

Jas (obsolete)

Derived terms

klaverjassen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

jas

inflection of jassen:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. 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

IPA^(key): /ʒa/, /ʒɑ/

Noun

jas m (plural jas)

(Provence) sheepfold
Synonym: bergerie

Further reading

“jas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
jas (construction) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch jas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: jas

Noun

jas (first-person possessive jasku, second-person possessive jasmu, third-person possessive jasnya)

suit jacket

Synonyms

(suit jacket): jaket sut (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

berjas

Further reading

“jas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

K'iche'

Pronoun

jas

what
which

References

Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

Lithuanian

Pronoun

jas f pl

third-person plural accusative of jos

Swedish

Noun

jas

indefinite genitive singular of ja

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English judge.

Noun

jas

judge

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