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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese casta (“lineage, breed”).

Noun

kasta f

  1. caste

Declension

Declension of kasta (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative kasta kasty
genitive kasty kast
dative kastě kastám
accusative kastu kasty
vocative kasto kasty
locative kastě kastách
instrumental kastou kastami

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną. Cognate with Icelandic and Swedish kasta, Norwegian and Danish kaste, and English cast.

Pronunciation

Verb

kasta (third person singular past indicative kastaði, third person plural past indicative kastað, supine kastað)

  1. to throw
    Synonyms: blaka, tveita

Conjugation

Conjugation of kasta (group v-30)
infinitive kasta
supine kastað
participle (a6)1 kastandi kastaður
present past
first singular kasti kastaði
second singular kastar kastaði
third singular kastar kastaði
plural kasta kastaðu
imperative
singular kasta!
plural kastið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Finnish

Verb

kasta

  1. inflection of kastaa:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną. Cognate with Faroese and Swedish kasta, Norwegian and Danish kaste, and English cast.

Pronunciation

Verb

kasta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kastaði, supine kastað)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the dative) to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss
    Kastaðu boltanum hingað!
    Toss the ball here!
    Að kasta sér í sjóinn.
    To hurl oneself into the ocean.
  2. (baseball, governs the dative) to pitch
  3. (basketball, governs the dative) to shoot
  4. (equestrianism, governs the dative) to foal; to give birth, to bear offspring
Conjugation
kasta — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að kasta
supine
(sagnbót) 		kastað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		kastandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég kasta við köstum present
(nútíð) 		ég kasti við köstum
þú kastar þið kastið þú kastir þið kastið
hann, hún, það kastar þeir, þær, þau kasta hann, hún, það kasti þeir, þær, þau kasti
past
(þátíð) 		ég kastaði við köstuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég kastaði við köstuðum
þú kastaðir þið köstuðuð þú kastaðir þið köstuðuð
hann, hún, það kastaði þeir, þær, þau köstuðu hann, hún, það kastaði þeir, þær, þau köstuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		kasta (þú) kastið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
kastaðu kastiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
kastast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að kastast
supine
(sagnbót) 		kastast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		kastandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég kastast við köstumst present
(nútíð) 		ég kastist við köstumst
þú kastast þið kastist þú kastist þið kastist
hann, hún, það kastast þeir, þær, þau kastast hann, hún, það kastist þeir, þær, þau kastist
past
(þátíð) 		ég kastaðist við köstuðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég kastaðist við köstuðumst
þú kastaðist þið köstuðust þú kastaðist þið köstuðust
hann, hún, það kastaðist þeir, þær, þau köstuðust hann, hún, það kastaðist þeir, þær, þau köstuðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		kastast (þú) kastist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
kastastu kastisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
kastaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		kastaður köstuð kastað kastaðir kastaðar köstuð
accusative
(þolfall) 		kastaðan kastaða kastað kastaða kastaðar köstuð
dative
(þágufall) 		köstuðum kastaðri köstuðu köstuðum köstuðum köstuðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		kastaðs kastaðrar kastaðs kastaðra kastaðra kastaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		kastaði kastaða kastaða köstuðu köstuðu köstuðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		kastaða köstuðu kastaða köstuðu köstuðu köstuðu
dative
(þágufall) 		kastaða köstuðu kastaða köstuðu köstuðu köstuðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		kastaða köstuðu kastaða köstuðu köstuðu köstuðu
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
See also

Noun

kasta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of kast

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kasta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of köstur

Anagrams

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Portuguese casta, possibly from the feminine of casto (“chaste”), from Old Galician-Portuguese casto, from Latin castus) or from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*kastan) or *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), *kastuz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: kas‧ta

Noun

kasta (plural kasta-kasta, first-person possessive kastaku, second-person possessive kastamu, third-person possessive kastanya)

  1. caste: a separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other, especially hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies.

Affixed terms

Compounds

Further reading

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kasten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkasta/
  • Syllabification: kas‧ta

Noun

kasta m inan

  1. chest
    Synonyms: czista, skrzënia

Declension

Declension of kasta
singular plural
nominative kasta kastë
genitive kastë kast/kastów
dative kasce kastë
accusative kastã kastóm
instrumental kastą kastama
locative kasce kastach
vocative kasto kastë

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “skrzynia”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “skrzynia”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1-2
  • “kasta”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kasta n

  1. definite plural of kast

Verb

kasta

  1. inflection of kaste:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

Pronunciation

Verb

kasta (present tense kastar, past tense kasta, past participle kasta, passive infinitive kastast, present participle kastande, imperative kasta/kast)

  1. to throw
    Kor langt kan du kasta denne?
    How far can you throw this one?

Conjugation

Conjugation of kasta — (weak class 3)
infinitive kasta, kaste
present participle kastande
past participle kasta
supine kasta
indicative present past
singular kastar kasta
plural1 kasta ―
subjunctive present past
kaste ―
imperative present
singular kasta, kast
plural1 kaste
1Rare today.

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

Verb

kasta

  1. (transitive, with dative) to cast, to throw

Conjugation

Conjugation of kasta — active (weak class 2)
infinitive kasta
present participle kastandi
past participle kastaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular kasta kastaða
2nd-person singular kastar kastaðir
3rd-person singular kastar kastaði
1st-person plural kǫstum kǫstuðum
2nd-person plural kastið kǫstuðuð
3rd-person plural kasta kǫstuðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular kasta kastaða
2nd-person singular kastir kastaðir
3rd-person singular kasti kastaði
1st-person plural kastim kastaðim
2nd-person plural kastið kastaðið
3rd-person plural kasti kastaði
imperative present
2nd-person singular kasta
1st-person plural kǫstum
2nd-person plural kastið
Conjugation of kasta — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive kastask
present participle kastandisk
past participle kastazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular kǫstumk kǫstuðumk
2nd-person singular kastask kastaðisk
3rd-person singular kastask kastaðisk
1st-person plural kǫstumsk kǫstuðumsk
2nd-person plural kastizk kǫstuðuzk
3rd-person plural kastask kǫstuðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular kǫstumk kǫstuðumk
2nd-person singular kastisk kastaðisk
3rd-person singular kastisk kastaðisk
1st-person plural kastimsk kastaðimsk
2nd-person plural kastizk kastaðizk
3rd-person plural kastisk kastaðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular kastask
1st-person plural kǫstumsk
2nd-person plural kastizk

Derived terms

  • kasta um (“to throw about, turn around (something)”)

Descendants

References

  • “kasta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

Verb

kasta

  1. to throw, cast

Conjugation

Conjugation of kasta (weak)
present past
infinitive kasta —
participle kastandi, -e kastaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk kastar kasti, -e — kastaþi, -e kastaþi, -e
þū kastar kasti, -e kasta kastaþi, -e kastaþi, -e
han kastar kasti, -e — kastaþi, -e kastaþi, -e
vīr kastum, -om kastum, -om kastum, -om kastaþum, -om kastaþum, -om
īr kastin kastin kastin kastaþin kastaþin
þēr kasta kastin — kastaþu, -o kastaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk kastas kastis, -es — kastaþis, -es kastaþis, -es
þū kastas kastis, -es — kastaþis, -es kastaþis, -es
han kastas kastis, -es — kastaþis, -es kastaþis, -es
vīr kastums, -oms kastums, -oms — kastaþums, -oms kastaþums, -oms
īr kastins kastins — kastaþins kastaþins
þēr kastas kastins — kastaþus, -os kastaþins

Descendants

References

  • kasta in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L

Polish

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Etymology

Internationalism; compare English caste, French caste, German Kaste, ultimately from Portuguese casta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkas.ta/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -asta
  • Syllabification: kas‧ta

Noun

kasta f (related adjective kastowy)

  1. (Hinduism) caste (any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies)
  2. caste (separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other)
  3. (zoology) caste (class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony)

Declension

Declension of kasta
singular plural
nominative kasta kasty
genitive kasty kast
dative kaście kastom
accusative kastę kasty
instrumental kastą kastami
locative kaście kastach
vocative kasto kasty

Related terms

nouns

Further reading

  • kasta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kasta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • kasta in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese casta (“lineage, breed”).

Noun

kȁsta f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ста)

  1. caste

Declension

Declension of kasta
singular plural
nominative kȁsta kaste
genitive kaste kȃstā / kȃstī
dative kasti kastama
accusative kastu kaste
vocative kasto kaste
locative kasti kastama
instrumental kastom kastama

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kasta, from Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk kasta, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål kaste and English cast.

Pronunciation

Verb

kasta (present kastar, preterite kastade, supine kastat, imperative kasta)

  1. to throw; make an object fly through the air
    Han kastade ett spjut ― He threw a spear
  2. to throw away, discard, dispose of
    Han kastade prylen han inte längre använde ― He threw away the thing he no longer used
  3. (reflexive) to throw oneself
    Han kastade sig till marken ― He threw himself to the ground
  4. to cast (a shadow)
    Träden kastade långa skuggor
    The trees cast long shadows
  5. (card games) to discard, slough
    Han kastade kortet ― He discarded the card

Conjugation

Conjugation of kasta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive kasta kastas
Supine kastat kastats
Imperative kasta —
Imper. plural1 kasten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative kastar kastade kastas kastades
Ind. plural1 kasta kastade kastas kastades
Subjunctive2 kaste kastade kastes kastades
Participles
Present participle kastande
Past participle kastad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

  • slänga (bit less powerful- and more sloppy-sounding)

Related terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Vilamovian

kasta

Etymology

From Middle High German kaste, from Old High German kasto. Cognate with German Kasten.

Noun

kasta m (diminutive kastła)

  1. chest (strong box)

Yogad

Noun

kasta

  1. beauty
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