kass

See also: kāss and Kass

Estonian

Etymology

Most likely from a dialectal variant of Russian ко́шка (kóška). Possibly an older loan from Old East Slavic [Term?].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑsʲː/

Noun

kass (genitive kassi, partitive kassi)

  1. cat

Declension
Declension of kass (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative kass kassid
accusative nom.
gen. kassi
genitive kasside
partitive kassi kasse
kassisid
illative kassi
kassisse		 kassidesse
kassesse
inessive kassis kassides
kasses
elative kassist kassidest
kassest
allative kassile kassidele
kassele
adessive kassil kassidel
kassel
ablative kassilt kassidelt
kasselt
translative kassiks kassideks
kasseks
terminative kassini kassideni
essive kassina kassidena
abessive kassita kassideta
comitative kassiga kassidega

Derived terms

References
  • Raimo Raag. (2015), A Criterion for Old Age, section “Word stems in modern standard Estonian of Old East Slavic origin”, in Книгамъ бо есть неищетная глубина: Essays in Honour of Irina Lysén.
  • “kass”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014

Swedish

Pronunciation
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Adjective

kass (comparative kassare, superlative kassast)

  1. (colloquial) very bad, crap
    Synonym: usel
    Filmen var kass.
    The movie was crap.
    Telefonens mottagning är kass.
    The phone's reception is crap.

Declension
Inflection of kass
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular kass kassare kassast
Neuter singular kasst kassare kassast
Plural kassa kassare kassast
Masculine plural3 kasse kassare kassast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 kasse kassare kassaste
All kassa kassare kassaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Noun

kass c

  1. (Dalecarlia, Orsa) basket for a baby

Anagrams
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