Definitions and meaning of nas
nas
Abenaki
Numeral
nas
- three
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin nasus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈnas/
Noun
nas m (plural nassos)
- nose
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “nas” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “nas” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology 1
From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + feminine plural article as (“the”)
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.
Noun
nâs m or f (plural nâs-nâs)
- nurse
Latin
Verb
nās
- second-person singular present active indicative of nō
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nas
- genitive/accusative/locative of my
Megleno-Romanian
Etymology
From Latin nasus.
Noun
nas
- nose
Northern Kurdish
Adjective
nas
- familiar
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnas/
Adverb
nas
- what about
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Noun
nas m
- nose
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nas
- genitive of my
- accusative of my
- locative of my
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɐʃ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /nas/
- Hyphenation: nas
Etymology 1
Contraction
nas f pl (masculine singular no, masculine plural nos, feminine singular na)
- em (“in; on; at”) + as (“the, f. pl.”)
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lya 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
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin nāsus, from 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, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Noun
nas m
- (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) nose
Scottish Gaelic
Particle
nas
- Precedes the comparative form of an adjective or an adverb.
- glic - wise
- nas glice - wiser
- mòr - big
- nas motha - bigger
Usage notes
- Only used in the present and future tenses. In the past tense and the conditional mood, na bu and na b' are used.
- Lenites initial f if followed by a vowel:
- fuar > nas fhuaire
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nȃs (Cyrillic spelling на̑с)
- of us (genitive plural of jȃ (“I”))
- us (accusative plural of jȃ (“I”))
Declension
Pronoun
nas (Cyrillic spelling нас)
- of us ((unstressed) clitic genitive plural of jȃ (“I”))
- us ((unstressed) clitic accusative plural of jȃ (“I”))
Declension
Source: wiktionary.org- (obsolete) contraction of ne has, has not and ne was, was not.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)