tass
English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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.
Noun
[edit]tass (plural tasses)
Etymology 2
[edit]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
[edit]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."
Etymology 3
[edit]From Middle English tasse, tache, from Old French tasse, tasche (“purse; pouch”), from Frankish *taskā (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ, cognate with Old High German tasca (“pouch”), German Tasche (“pocket; pouch”).
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[edit]Noun
[edit]tass (plural tasses)
- Synonym of tasse
Etymology 4
[edit]From Hindi [Term?].
Alternative forms
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[edit]tass
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[edit]Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Tasse.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tass (genitive tassi, partitive tassi)
Declension
[edit]Declension of tass (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | tass | tassid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | tassi | ||
genitive | 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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tass”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “tass”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “tass”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- tass in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Swedish
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[edit]Unknown. Possibly ultimately from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós, “flat of the foot, ankle, palm of the hand”) (probably through Latin tarsus by way of German Tarsus or French tarse; compare English tarsal). Perhaps the meaning extended from "flat surface of the foot or palm" to "paw of an animal."[1]
Compare the verb tassa (“to walk quietly”), which could either be a formation from tass or otherwise imitative. Also compare German Tatze (“paw”).
Noun
[edit]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!
- skaka tass
- shake hands/paw
Usage notes
[edit]For a larger paw, like on a bear, other words are labb and ram.
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | tass | tass |
definite | tassen | tassens | |
plural | indefinite | tassar | tassars |
definite | tassarna | tassarnas |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Finnish: tassu
References
[edit]- tass in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tass in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tass in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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