cách
See also: cach, Cach, cac'h, càch, and cạch
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos, cognate with Middle Welsh pawb (modern Welsh pob); from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂-kʷo-, cognate with Old Church Slavonic какъ (kakŭ, “what kind of”), Lithuanian kõks (“what kind of”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaːx/
Pronoun
cách (genitive cáich)
- everyone
- whoever
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cách.
Usage notes
Often modified by the definite article in when defined by a relative clause.
Derived terms
- cach (determiner)
Descendants
- Scottish Gaelic: càch
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cách | chách | cách pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 490, page 310
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cách”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kajk̟̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kat̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kat̚˦˥]
Audio (Ho Chi Minh City) (file)
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 格.
Noun
cách
- way, manner, fashion
- cách làm việc ― the way of working
- một cách nhanh chóng ― quickly, rapidly
- (grammar, linguistics) grammatical case
- sở hữu cách/cách sở hữu ― the genitive case
Derived terms
Derived terms
- cách thức
- cung cách
- kiểu cách
- phong cách
- tính cách
- tư cách
Prefix
cách
- (in certain expression, often literary) Forming intensifiers preceding certain particles and quantifiers
- dù có cố gắng cách mấy... ― no matter how hard you try...
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 隔.
Verb
cách
- to be distant from, to be separated from
- Nhà tui cách thành phố 50 cây số.
- My house is 50 kilometers from (the/a) city.
Prefix
cách
- non-conductive or -proof
- Antonym: dẫn
- cách điện ― non-electroconductive
- cách nhiệt ― non-thermoconductive
- cách âm ― soundproof
Derived terms
Derived terms
- cách biệt
- cách đây
- cách li
- cách trở
- khoảng cách
- ngăn cách
- xa cách
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from 革.
Verb
cách
- (only in compounds) to change, to reform
Derived terms
Derived terms
- cách mạng
- cách mệnh
- cách tân
- cải cách