jas

See also: Jas, jàs, Jaś, jäs, jås, -jas, Jas., and јас

English

Noun

jas

1. plural of ja

Anagrams

• JSA, saj, sáj

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch jas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jas/

• Audio:

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Noun

jas (plural jasse, diminutive jassie)

1. coat
2. (dialectal) crazy, mad

Descendants

• → Lozi: jansi
  • → Yeyi: újànsí
• → Southern Ndebele: ijasi
• → Swazi: lijazi
• → Xhosa: idyasi
• → Zulu: ijazi

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjas]

Noun

jas m inan

1. brightness

Declension

Declension of jas (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	jas	jasy
genitive	jasu	jasů
dative	jasu	jasům
accusative	jas	jasy
vocative	jase	jasy
locative	jase, jasu	jasech
instrumental	jasem	jasy

Related terms

• jasný

 

Further reading

• “jas”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “jas”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “jas”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: jas
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1

Origin unknown. Compare West Frisian jas (“coat, jacket”), Saterland Frisian Jasse (“jacket”), Middle Low German jesse, gesse (“a man's garment, doublet, jacket”).

Noun

jas m (plural jassen, diminutive jasje n)

1. a coat (outer garment)
2. (dialectal, Volendam) someone who hasn't been born and raised in Volendam

Derived terms

• badjas
• beverjas
• bontjas
• kamerjas
• labjas
• labojas
• laboratoriumjas
• ochtendjas
• onderjas
• overjas
• regenjas
• rokjas
• winterjas
• zomerjas

Descendants

• Afrikaans: jas
  • → Lozi: jansi
    • → Yeyi: újànsí
  • → Southern Ndebele: ijasi
  • → Swazi: lijazi
  • → Xhosa: idyasi
  • → Zulu: ijazi
• → Aukan: yasi
• → Caribbean Javanese: jas, yas
• → Indonesian: jas
  • → Petjo: djas
• → Papiamentu: yas, jas

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jas m (plural jassen, diminutive jasje n)

1. (card games, archaic) a jack or knave, especially as a trump card

   Synonyms: troefboer, troefzot

Alternative forms

• Jas (obsolete)

Derived terms

• klaverjassen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

jas

1. inflection of jassen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

French

Jas des Terres du Roux at Redortiers, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Etymology

From Occitan jatz, from Vulgar Latin *jacium, from jacēre, jaceō. Compare gésir (“to lie, to be buried”) and gîte (“lodging”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa/ ~ /ʒɑ/

Noun

jas m (plural jas)

1. (Provence) sheepfold

   Synonym: bergerie

Further reading

• “jas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• jas (construction) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch jas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒas]
• Hyphenation: jas

Noun

jas (first-person possessive jasku, second-person possessive jasmu, third-person possessive jasnya)

1. suit jacket

Synonyms

• (suit jacket): jaket sut (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• berjas

 

• jas buka
• jas buntut
• jas ekor
• jas hujan
• jas mandarin
• jas tutup

 

Further reading

• “jas” 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.

K'iche'

Pronoun

jas

1. what
2. which

References

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

Lithuanian

Pronoun

jas f pl

1. third-person plural accusative of jos

Swedish

Noun

jas

1. indefinite genitive singular of ja

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English judge.

Noun

jas

1. judge