çast
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cast"
Albanian
Alternative forms
- ças
Etymology
Borrowed from a South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic часъ (časŭ, “time, moment, hour”), Serbo-Croatian čas (“time, moment, hour”) and Bulgarian час (čas, “hour, period”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *časъ (“time”).
The auslaut -t derives from the old locative or prepositional accusative case.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃast/
Noun
çast m (plural çaste, definite çasti, definite plural çastet)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | çast | çasti | çaste | çastet |
| accusative | çastin | |||
| dative | çasti | çastit | çasteve | çasteve |
| ablative | çastesh | |||
Synonyms
Derived terms
- çastësi, çastshëm
References
- ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “çast”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 328
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “çast”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 50
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “çast”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe [Albanian-Serbian Linguistic Relations] (in Albanian), Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, →ISBN, pages 118-119
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Perhaps from Russian счастье (sčastʹje).
Noun
çast
Declension
| nominative | çast |
|---|---|
| genitive | çastnıñ |
| dative | çastqa |
| accusative | çastnı |
| locative | çastta |
| ablative | çasttan |