cás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cas"

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English cas, from Anglo-Norman casse (“box, chest, case”) (compare Old French chasse), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capiō (“I take, seize, hold”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cás m (genitive singular cáis, nominative plural cásanna)

  1. case
    D’fhág sin figiúr iomlán de 2 chás idir lámha.
    It gave an overall figure of 2 cases in hand.
  2. affair
  3. cage
  4. suitcase
  5. concern
  6. situation
  7. scenario
  8. shell

Declension
Declension of cás

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cás cásanna
Vocative a cháis a chásanna
Genitive cáis cásanna
Dative cás cásanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cás na cásanna
Genitive an cháis na gcásanna
Dative leis an gcás

don chás

 leis na cásanna

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cás chás gcás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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