# jas
## English
### Noun

jas
* plural of ja

### Anagrams

* JSA, saj, sáj

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch jas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jas/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

jas (plural jasse, diminutive jassie)
* coat
* (dialectal) crazy, mad

#### Descendants

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

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjas]

### Noun

jas m inan
* brightness

#### 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), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɑs/
* Audio:(file)
* 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)
* a coat (outer garment)
* (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)
* (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
* inflection of jassen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒa/ ~ /ʒɑ/

### Noun

jas m (plural jas)
* (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

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒas/ [ˈd͡ʒas]
* Rhymes: -as
* Syllabification: jas

### Noun

jas (plural jas-jas)
* suit jacket
    Synonym: jaket sut (Standard Malay)

#### Derived terms

* berjas
* jas buka
* jas buntut
* jas ekor
* jas hujan (“raincoat”)
* 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
* what
* which

### References

* Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

## Lithuanian
### Pronoun

jas f pl
* third-person plural accusative of jos

## Swedish
### Noun

jas
* indefinite genitive singular of ja

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English judge.

### Noun

jas
* judge