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Abenaki Numeral nas
three Big Nambas Pronunciation Noun nas
banana References Catalan Etymology Inherited from Old Catalan nas Latin nāsus 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 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.
Related terms 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 *-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 nasus
Noun nas
nose Lower Sorbian Pronunciation Pronoun nas
genitive / accusative / locative my Masurian Etymology Inherited from Old Polish nasz
Pronunciation IPA (key ) : Syllabification: nas Pronoun nas
( possessive ) first person plural possessive pronoun our Further reading Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021 ) “nasz”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur →ISBN 275 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 nasor nastirîn Arabic spelling ناس
acquainted , familiar Derived terms Related 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 Piedmontese Pronunciation Noun nas m
nose Related terms Polish Pronunciation IPA (key ) : /nas/ Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: nas Pronoun nas
genitive / accusative / locative 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 .
Romanian Etymology Inherited from Latin nāsus Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s
Pronunciation Noun nas n plural nasuri
nose Declension Derived terms Related terms See also Romansch Alternative forms Etymology From Latin nāsus 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.Thai หนู ( nǔu , “ id ” ) .
Pronunciation Noun nas ( classifier: tus )
rat ( generally ) rodent Derived terms References Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979 ) White Hmong — English Dictionary →ISBN 136
^ Ratliff, Martha (2010 ) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN 58; 277