vassa

See also: vässa

Norman

Etymology

From Old French vassal, from Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish uassos (“young man, squire”).

Noun

vassa m (plural vassaux)

  1. (Jersey) vassal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse *vaðsa, from vaða. Compare Faroese vassa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²vasːa/

Verb

vassa (present tense vassar, past tense vassa, past participle vassa, passive infinitive vassast, present participle vassande, imperative vassa/vass)

  1. to wade
    Synonym: vada

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀯𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
  • वस्स (Devanagari script)
  • ৰস্স (Bengali script)
  • වස‍්ස (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝဿ or ဝသ်သ (Burmese script)
  • วสฺส or วัสสะ (Thai script)
  • ᩅᩔ (Tai Tham script)
  • ວສ຺ສ or ວັສສະ (Lao script)
  • វស្ស (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄥𑄴𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa).

Noun

vassa m or n

  1. rain
  2. year

Declension
Declension table of "vassa" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vassovassā
Accusative (second)vassaṃvasse
Instrumental (third)vassenavassehi or vassebhi
Dative (fourth)vassassa or vassāya or vassatthaṃvassānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vassasmā or vassamhā or vassāvassehi or vassebhi
Genitive (sixth)vassassavassānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vassasmiṃ or vassamhi or vassevassesu
Vocative (calling)vassavassā

When the gender is neuter, the nominative, vocative and accusative are declined somewhat differently:

Declension table of "vassa" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vassaṃvassāni
Accusative (second)vassaṃvassāni
Vocative (calling)vassavassāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “vassa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Swedish

Adjective

vassa

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of vass.

Anagrams

Votic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Finnish vastaan and Ingrian vastaa.

Pronunciation
  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑsːɑː/, [ˈvɑsːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑsːɑː
  • Hyphenation: vas‧sa

Postposition

vassa (genitive + ~)

  1. across (from)
  2. against

Preposition

vassa (~ + genitive)

  1. across (from)
  2. against

Adverb

vassa

  1. at one (e.g. of a person that one comes across when moving)

References
  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “vassaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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