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Abenaki
Numeral
nas
three
Big Nambas
Pronunciation
Noun
nas
banana
References
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan nas , from Latin nāsus , from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s .
Pronunciation
Noun
nas m (plural nassos )
nose
Usage notes
In Algherese, the primary plural is nasos .
Derived terms
References
“nas” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició , Institut d’Estudis Catalans .
“nas ”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana , Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana , 2024
“nas” in Diccionari normatiu valencià , Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .
“nas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit , Barcelona, 2003 , →ISBN , page 25
Galician
Etymology 1
From contraction of preposition en ( “ in ” ) + feminine plural article as ( “ the ” ) .
Pronunciation
Contraction
nas f pl (masculine sg no , feminine sg na , masculine plural nos )
in the
Etymology 2
From a mutation of as .
Pronoun
nas f (accusative )
Alternative form of as ( “ them ” , feminine plural )
Usage notes
The n- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong, and are suffixed to the preceding word.
Hausa
Etymology
Borrowed from English nurse .
Pronunciation
Noun
nâs m or f (plural nâs-nâs )
nurse
Iban
Etymology
Borrowed from English nurse .
Pronunciation
Noun
nas
nurse
Ingrian
Spatial inflection of nas
→○
illative
nasse
○
inessive
nas
○→
elative
nast
Etymology
Rebracketing of as preceded by the illative marker *-Vn .
Pronunciation
Postposition
nas (+ illative or allative )
( of time ) up to , until
( of distance or motion ) all the way to
nas (+ elative or ablative )
( of time ) ever since
( of distance or motion ) all the way from
Synonyms
References
Ruben E. Nirvi (1971 ) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja , Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 336
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
nās
second-person singular present active indicative of nō
Lombard
Etymology
Akin to Italian naso , from Latin nasus .
Noun
nas
nose
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nas
genitive / accusative / locative of my
Megleno-Romanian
Etymology
From Latin nasus .
Noun
nas
nose
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ( “ to know ” ) .
Pronunciation
Adjective
nas (comparative nastir , superlative herî nas or nastirîn , Arabic spelling ناس )
acquainted , familiar
Derived terms
References
Chyet, Michael L. (2020 ) “nas ”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 54
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Adverb
nas
what about
Further reading
Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008 ), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages , Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Noun
nas m
nose
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈnas/
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: nas
Pronoun
nas
genitive / accusative / locative of my
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Contraction
nas f pl
Contraction of em as ( “ in the ” ) : feminine plural of no
2000 , J. K. Rowling , Lia Wyler , Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo , Rocco, page 71 :Gosto de sentir uma brisa saudável nas minhas partes, obrigado. I like to feel a healthy breeze on my parts, thank you.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:no .
Etymology 2
Pronoun
nas
Alternative form of as ( third-person feminine plural objective pronoun) used as an enclitic following a verb form ending in a nasal vowel or diphthong
Façam-nas . ― Make them .
Farão-nas . ― They will make them .
Usage notes
This form is very rarely used in spoken Brazilian Portuguese, where nominative forms are preferred over third-person direct object pronouns (which, when used, are typically placed before verbs).
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:no .
Prasuni
Etymology
From Proto-Nuristani *nāsī , altered from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHsaH , from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s .
Pronunciation
Noun
nas ( Pashki ) [ 1]
nose
References
^ Strand, Richard F. (2016 ) “nâs”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin nāsus , from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s .
Pronunciation
Noun
nas n (plural nasuri )
nose
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin nāsus , from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s .
Noun
nas m
( anatomy , Rumantsch Grischun , Sursilvan , Sutsilvan , Surmiran , Vallader ) nose
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish níd as ( “ a thing that is ” ) ; compare Irish nios .
Pronunciation
Particle
nas
Precedes the comparative form of an adjective or an adverb .
glic → nas glice ― wise → wiser
mòr → nas motha ― big → bigger
Usage notes
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nȃs (Cyrillic spelling на̑с )
of us (genitive plural of jȃ ( “ I ” ) )
us (accusative plural of jȃ ( “ I ” ) )
Declension
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *naŋᴮ ( “ mouse, rat ” ) . Related to Proto-Mien *nauᴮ ( “ id ” ) , though the difference in rime is unexplained.[ 1] Probably not related to Thai หนู ( nǔu , “ id ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
nas ( classifier: tus )
rat
( generally ) rodent
Derived terms
References
Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979 ) White Hmong — English Dictionary , SEAP Publications, →ISBN , page 136 .
^ Ratliff, Martha (2010 ) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN , page 58; 277 .