каста

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkastɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -astɐ
  • Syllabification(key): ка‧ста
  • Hyphenation(key): кас‧та

Noun

ка́ста • (kástaf

  1. caste (hereditary social class)

Declension

Declension of ка́ста
singular plural
indefinite ка́ста
kásta
ка́сти
kásti
definite ка́стата
kástata
ка́стите
kástite

Anagrams

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkasta]

Noun

каста • (kastaf

  1. caste

Declension

Declension of каста
singular plural
indefinite каста (kasta) касти (kasti)
definite unspecified кастата (kastata) кастите (kastite)
definite proximal кастава (kastava) кастиве (kastive)
definite distal кастана (kastana) кастине (kastine)
vocative касто (kasto) касти (kasti)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kaste or French caste, from Portuguese casta.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkastə]

Noun

ка́ста • (kástaf inan (genitive ка́сты, nominative plural ка́сты, genitive plural каст, relational adjective ка́стовый)

  1. caste

Declension

References

  1. ^ Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “каста”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 86
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1967), “каста”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 207

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ка̏ста f (Latin spelling kȁsta)

  1. caste

Declension

Declension of каста
singular plural
nominative ка̏ста касте
genitive касте ка̑ста̄ / ка̑стӣ
dative касти кастама
accusative касту касте
vocative касто касте
locative касти кастама
instrumental кастом кастама

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kaste or French caste, from Portuguese casta.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkastɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ка́ста • (kástaf inan (genitive ка́сти, nominative plural ка́сти, genitive plural каст, relational adjective ка́стовий)

  1. caste (any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures)
  2. caste (a separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other)

Declension

Declension of ка́ста
(inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ка́ста
kásta
ка́сти
kásty
genitive ка́сти
kásty
каст
kast
dative ка́сті
kásti
ка́стам
kástam
accusative ка́сту
kástu
ка́сти
kásty
instrumental ка́стою
kástoju
ка́стами
kástamy
locative ка́сті
kásti
ка́стах
kástax
vocative ка́сто
kásto
ка́сти
kásty

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “каста”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 399

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