esas
See also: ésas and esąs
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛsɐs/
Determiner
esas f pl (masculine singular ese, feminine singular esa, masculine plural eses)
- those
Ido
Alternative forms
- (apocopic) es
Verb
esas
- present of esar; am, is, are
Latin
Participle
ēsās
- accusative feminine plural of ēsus
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ipsās, from ipse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈesas/ [ˈe.sas]
- Rhymes: -esas
- Syllabification: e‧sas
Determiner
esas f pl
- (demonstrative) feminine plural of ese; those
Pronoun
esas f pl
- (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ésas (“those ones”)
Usage notes
The unaccented form can function as a pronoun if it can be unambiguously deduced as such from context.
See also
Spanish personal pronouns
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
voseo | vos | vos | |||||
formal3 | usted | le, se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
formal/general3 | ustedes | les, se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le, se4 | lo | él | |
feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
neuter | ello7 | lo | ello | ||||
plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
reflexive | — | se | sí1 |
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish اساس, from Arabic أَسَاس (ʾasās).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eˈsas]
Noun
esas (definite accusative esası, plural esaslar)
- foundation, basis
- essence
- principle
Derived terms
- esaslı
- esassız
Adjective
esas
- main
- fundamental
- ultimate
Related terms
- esasen
- esasî
- üs
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “esas”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Turkmen
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَسَاس (ʾasās).
Noun
esas
- foundation, basis