tass
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tæs/
- Rhymes: -æs
Etymology 1
Partly from Middle English tas (“heap”), from Old French tas (“heap”), from Frankish *tas (“mass, pile”); and partly from Middle English taas (“heap, mow of corn”), from Old English tas (“heap, mow of grain”); both from Proto-Germanic *tasaz, *tassaz (“heap, mow, stack”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”). Related to Middle Dutch tas, tasse (“heap, pile”, Dutch tas), Middle Low German tas (“mow of hay or wheat”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 (ungatass, “disorganised, irregular”); and possibly also to Old High German zetten (“to straw, fertilise”), Old Norse tað (“spread dung”). See tath.
Etymology 2
From Middle English *tasse, from Old French tasse (Modern French tasse (“cup, cupful”)). Cognate with Dutch tas (“cup”), German Tasse (“mug”). Doublet of tazza.
Noun
tass (plural tasses)
- (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A cup or cupful.
- 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet:
- "Here, Dougal," said the Laird, "gie Steenie a tass of brandy down stairs, till I count the siller and write the receipt."
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Etymology 3
From Middle English tasse, tache, from Old French tasse, tasche (“purse; pouch”), from Frankish *taska (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ, cognate with Old High German tasca (“pouch”), German Tasche (“pocket; pouch”).
Alternative forms
Etymology 4
From Hindi [Term?].
Alternative forms
Estonian
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tˈɑsʲː/
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | tass | tassid |
genitive | tassi | tasside |
partitive | tassi | tasse / tassisid |
illative | tassi / tassisse | tassidesse / tassesse |
inessive | tassis | tassides / tasses |
elative | tassist | tassidest / tassest |
allative | tassile | tassidele / tassele |
adessive | tassil | tassidel / tassel |
ablative | tassilt | tassidelt / tasselt |
translative | tassiks | tassideks / tasseks |
terminative | tassini | tassideni |
essive | tassina | tassidena |
abessive | tassita | tassideta |
comitative | tassiga | tassidega |
References
- tass in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
Further reading
- tass in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
- tass in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
- tass in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
- tass in Sõnaveeb
Swedish
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós) or more likely from German Tatze. Also possibly from verb tassa, if it originally was onomatopetic. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
tass c
- a paw (animal's foot)
- (räcka) vacker tass ― give a paw
- Den sov på verandan med huvudet mot tassarna och svansen i en graciös sväng runt benen. ― It slept on the porch with its head on its paws and the tail gracefully curled around the legs.
- (colloquial) a hand
- Bort med tassarna! ― Hands off! Paws off!
Declension
Declension of tass | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tass | tassen | tassar | tassarna |
Genitive | tass | tassens | tassars | tassarnas |
Related terms
- baktass
- framtass
- hundtass
- kattass
- tassa
- tassavtryck
- tassemark
- tassfot
- tassig
- vacker tass
Descendants
- → Finnish: tassu