# cás
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑːsˠ/, /kaːsˠ/

### Etymology 1

From Middle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin cāsus (“a fall”), perfect passive participle of cadō (“to fall”).

#### Noun

cás m (genitive singular cáis, nominative plural cásanna)
* case (actual event, situation, or fact; piece of work)
* instance (case offered as an example)
* (law) case (legal proceeding), action
* (medicine) case (instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms)
* affair (that which is or is to be done; any proceeding characterized vaguely)
* situation (state of affairs), scenario

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
cás
cásanna
vocative
a cháis
a chásanna
genitive
cáis
cásanna
dative
cás
cásanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an cás
na cásanna
genitive
an cháis
na gcásanna
dative
leis an gcás don chás
leis na cásanna :

##### Derived terms

* cuir i gcás
* in anchás
* cruachás

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle English case, from Anglo-Norman casse (“box, chest, case”) (compare Old French chasse), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capiō (“I take, seize, hold”).

#### Noun

cás m (genitive singular cáis, nominative plural cásanna)
* case (box; piece of luggage; sheath, covering; pack of bottles or cans), suitcase
* (typography) case (the nature of a piece of alphabetic type)
* cage (enclosure)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
cás
cásanna
vocative
a cháis
a chásanna
genitive
cáis
cásanna
dative
cás
cásanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an cás
na cásanna
genitive
an cháis
na gcásanna
dative
leis an gcás don chás
leis na cásanna :

##### Derived terms

* cás íochtair
* cás uachtair
* cásáil
* clogás

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 126, page 67
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 150
* ↑ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎ (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 8, page 6
* ↑ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 240

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cás ‘case, matter, circumstance’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cás (e.g. glass case)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈka(j)s/ [ˈka(ɪ̯)s]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈka(j)s/ [ˈka(ɪ̯)s]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈka(j)ʃ/ [ˈka(ɪ̯)ʃ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkaʃ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -as, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃ, (Brazil) -ajs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
* Homophone: cais (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: cás

### Noun

cás
* plural of cá