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Meaning of -as | Babel Free

Phrase feminine CEFR A2
as

Definitions

  1. Forms abstract nouns.
    feminine, morpheme
  2. (colloquial) verb suffix for the third-person singular preterite
    South-Wales, morpheme

Equivalents

Čeština -áza
English -ase
Español -asa
Suomi -aasi
Français -ase
Gaeilge -ais
हिन्दी -एद
Magyar -az
Bahasa Indonesia -ase
Italiano -asi
Kurdî -asî
Polski -aza
Português -ase
Svenska -as

Examples

“teyrn (“monarch, king”) + -as → teyrnas (“kingdom”)”
“bardd (“poet”) + -as → barddas (“poetry”)”
“urdd (“order, guild”) + -as → urddas (“honour, dignity”)”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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