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Czech

Etymology

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

Noun

kasta f

  1. caste

Declension

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

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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!
    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
Synonyms
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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.

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Compounds

Further reading

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kasten.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kasta m inan (diminutive kastka)

  1. chest
    Synonyms: czista, skrzënia

Declension

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

References

Old Norse

Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

    Verb

    kasta

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

    Conjugation

    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

    Descendants

    References

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

    Polish

    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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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

    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

    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
      1. to roll (a die)
        Hon kastade tärningen
        She rolled the dice
    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

    Synonyms

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

    References

    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