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Italian
Etymology
From Latin nassa.
Pronunciation
Noun
nassa f (plural nasse)
- creel, trap for fish
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from Old Latin nasta, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”). See also Proto-Germanic *natją (English net) and Irish nasc and snaidhm.
Pronunciation
Noun
nassa f (genitive nassae); first declension
- a narrow-necked basket for catching fish, weel
- (figuratively) a snare, net
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “nassa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nassa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nassa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- nassa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “nassa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian nassa.
Pronunciation
Noun
nassa f (plural nassi or nases)
- fish-trap
- trap in general
- Synonym: nasba (especially a bird trap)
Pali
Alternative forms
Adjective
nassa
- genitive/dative singular masculine/neuter of na (“that”)
Pronoun
nassa
- genitive/dative singular of na (“him, it, that”)
Pronoun
nassa
- genitive/dative singular of na (“it, that”)