vasal

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

vasal (not comparable)

1. Relating to a vessel (of the body)

Etymology 2

Noun

vasal (plural vasals)

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of vassal

Verb

vasal (third-person singular simple present vasals, present participle vasalling, simple past and past participle vasalled)

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of vassal

Anagrams

• Alvas, Salva, avals, lavas, slava

Danish

Etymology

From French vassal (“vassal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vasal/, [vaˈsalˀ]

Noun

vasal c (singular definite vasallen, plural indefinite vasaller)

1. vassal

Inflection

Declension of vasal

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vasal	vasallen	vasaller	vasallerne
genitive	vasals	vasallens	vasallers	vasallernes

Further reading

• “vasal” in Den Danske Ordbog
• vasal on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Hungarian

Etymology

From vas (“iron”) +‎ -al (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒʃɒl]
• Hyphenation: va‧sal
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Verb

vasal

1. (transitive) to iron, press (to pass an iron over clothing in order to remove creases)

   Éppen vasaltam az ingemet. ― I was ironing my shirt.

2. (transitive) to cover the surface of something with iron
3. (transitive) to shoe (to put horseshoes on a horse)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vasal

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	vasalok	vasalsz	vasal	vasalunk	vasaltok	vasalnak
			def.	vasalom	vasalod	vasalja	vasaljuk	vasaljátok	vasalják
			2nd obj	vasallak
		past	indef.	vasaltam	vasaltál	vasalt	vasaltunk	vasaltatok	vasaltak
			def.	vasaltam	vasaltad	vasalta	vasaltuk	vasaltátok	vasalták
			2nd obj	vasaltalak
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. vasalni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	vasalék	vasalál	vasala	vasalánk	vasalátok	vasalának
		def.	vasalám	vasalád	vasalá	vasalánk	vasalátok	vasalák
		2nd obj	vasalálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. vasal vala, vasalt vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	vasalandok	vasalandasz	vasaland	vasalandunk	vasalandotok	vasalandanak
	def.	vasalandom	vasalandod	vasalandja	vasalandjuk	vasalandjátok	vasalandják
	2nd obj	vasalandalak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	vasalnék	vasalnál	vasalna	vasalnánk	vasalnátok	vasalnának
		def.	vasalnám	vasalnád	vasalná	vasalnánk (or vasalnók)	vasalnátok	vasalnák
		2nd obj	vasalnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. vasalt volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	vasaljak	vasalj or vasaljál	vasaljon	vasaljunk	vasaljatok	vasaljanak
			def.	vasaljam	vasald or vasaljad	vasalja	vasaljuk	vasaljátok	vasalják
			2nd obj	vasaljalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. vasalt légyen
infinitive	vasalni		vasalnom	vasalnod	vasalnia	vasalnunk	vasalnotok	vasalniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	vasalás		vasaló	vasalt	vasalandó	vasalva (vasalván)		vasaltat
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

Potential conjugation of vasal

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	vasalhatok	vasalhatsz	vasalhat	vasalhatunk	vasalhattok	vasalhatnak
			def.	vasalhatom	vasalhatod	vasalhatja	vasalhatjuk	vasalhatjátok	vasalhatják
			2nd obj	vasalhatlak
		past	indef.	vasalhattam	vasalhattál	vasalhatott	vasalhattunk	vasalhattatok	vasalhattak
			def.	vasalhattam	vasalhattad	vasalhatta	vasalhattuk	vasalhattátok	vasalhatták
			2nd obj	vasalhattalak
archaic preterite		indef.	vasalhaték	vasalhatál	vasalhata	vasalhatánk	vasalhatátok	vasalhatának
		def.	vasalhatám	vasalhatád	vasalhatá	vasalhatánk	vasalhatátok	vasalhaták
		2nd obj	vasalhatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. vasalhat vala, vasalhatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	vasalhatandok or vasalandhatok	vasalhatandasz or vasalandhatsz	vasalhatand or vasalandhat	vasalhatandunk or vasalandhatunk	vasalhatandotok or vasalandhattok	vasalhatandanak or vasalandhatnak
	def.	vasalhatandom or vasalandhatom	vasalhatandod or vasalandhatod	vasalhatandja or vasalandhatja	vasalhatandjuk or vasalandhatjuk	vasalhatandjátok or vasalandhatjátok	vasalhatandják or vasalandhatják
	2nd obj	vasalhatandalak or vasalandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	vasalhatnék	vasalhatnál	vasalhatna	vasalhatnánk	vasalhatnátok	vasalhatnának
		def.	vasalhatnám	vasalhatnád	vasalhatná	vasalhatnánk (or vasalhatnók)	vasalhatnátok	vasalhatnák
		2nd obj	vasalhatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. vasalhatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	vasalhassak	vasalhass or vasalhassál	vasalhasson	vasalhassunk	vasalhassatok	vasalhassanak
			def.	vasalhassam	vasalhasd or vasalhassad	vasalhassa	vasalhassuk	vasalhassátok	vasalhassák
			2nd obj	vasalhassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. vasalhatott légyen
infinitive	(vasalhatni)		(vasalhatnom)	(vasalhatnod)	(vasalhatnia)	(vasalhatnunk)	(vasalhatnotok)	(vasalhatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	vasalható			vasalhatatlan		(vasalhatva / vasalhatván)

Derived terms

• vasaló

(With verbal prefixes):

• átvasal
• bevasal
• belevasal
• elvasal
• felvasal
• kivasal
• megvasal
• rávasal
• szétvasal

Further reading

• vasal in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch vazal (“vassal”), from Middle Dutch vassael, vasal, from Old French vassal, from Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from Latin vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈvasal/ [ˈfa.sal]
• Rhymes: -asal
• Syllabification: va‧sal

Adjective

vasal

1. vassal; slavish; servile

Noun

vasal (plural vasal-vasal)

1. vassal:
   1. the grantee of a fief, a subordinate granted use of a superior's land and its income in exchange for vows of fidelity and homage and (typically) military service
   2. any direct subordinate bound by such vows to a superior
   3. any subordinate bound by similar close ties
2. vassal state: a state that is subordinate to another; government chiefly directed by the interests of an overlord or patron state

   Synonym: negara lindungan

Further reading

• “vasal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vassal.

Noun

vasal m (plural vasali)

1. a vassal

Declension

Declension of vasal

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	vasal	vasalul		vasali	vasalii
genitive-dative	vasal	vasalului		vasali	vasalilor
vocative	vasalule			vasalilor

Tat

Etymology

Cognate with Zazaki wesar.

Noun

vasal

1. spring (season of the year)