kass

See also: kāss

Estonian

Etymology

Most likely from a dialectal variant of Russian кошка (koška). Possibly an older loan from Old East Slavic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑsʲː/

Noun

kass (genitive kassi, partitive kassi)

  1. cat

Declension
Declension of kass (type riik)
singular plural
nominative kass kassid
genitive kassi 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 Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik

Swedish

Adjective

kass (comparative kassare, superlative kassast)

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

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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