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English
Noun
karas
- plural of kara
Anagrams
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaɾas/
- Hyphenation: ka‧ras
Noun
káras (Badlit spelling ᜃᜇᜐ᜔)
- a rake
- Synonym: kahig
Adjective
karas (Badlit spelling ᜃᜇᜐ᜔)
- acerbic
- Synonym: maaslom
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *karasь.
Pronunciation
Noun
karas m anim (diminutive karásek)
- any fish of the genus Carassius
- karas obecný ― crucian carp
Declension
Declension of karas (mixed masculine animate)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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karas
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karasi, karasové
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genitive
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karasa, karase
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karasů
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dative
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karasu, karasi, karasovi
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karasům
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accusative
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karasa, karase
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karasy, karase
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vocative
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karase, karasi
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karasi, karasové
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locative
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karasu, karasi, karasovi
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karasech, karasích
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instrumental
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karasem
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karasy, karasi
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Further reading
- “karas”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “karas”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “karas”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kóryos (“war, troops”), from the root *ker- (“army”). Cognate with Latvian karš (“war”), Old Prussian kargis (“troops, army”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
kãras m (plural karaĩ) stress pattern 4
- war (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Declension
Derived terms
- adjectives: kareiviškas, karingas, karinis, kariškas, kariškis, karžyginis, karžygiškas
- adverbs: kariškai
- nouns: kareiva, kareiviavimas, kareivinės, kareivis, kareivystė, kariauna, kariauninkas, kariautojas, kariautoja, kariavimas, karyba, karingumas, karininkas, karininkija, karionė, karys, kariūnas, kariuomenė, karžygys, karžygė, karžygiškumas
- verbs: kareiviauti, kariauti, karinti
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “karas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 226