lassi

lassi

See also: Lassi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani लस्सी / لسی‎ (lassī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæsi/, /ˈlɑsi/, /ˈlʌsi/

Noun

lassi (countable and uncountable, plural lassis)

1. A drink made with yogurt diluted with water and flavoured with salt or fruit juice.
   • 2012, Priya Basil, Ishq and Mushq, page 329:

     Karam stirred his lassi as if trying to unchurn the yoghurt.

Translations

beverage

Arabic: لَاسِي‎ m (lāsī), لَسِّي‎ m (lassī) Bengali: লাচ্ছি (lacchi) Finnish: lassi (fi) German: Lassi (de) n or m Gujarati: લસ્સી (lassī) Hindi: लस्सी (hi) (lassī) Japanese: ラッシー (rasshī) Kannada: ಲಸ್ಸಿ (lassi) Malayalam: ലസി (lasi) Marathi: लस्सी (lassī) Oriya: please add this translation if you can Pashto: توروه‎ (turweh), توروی‎ (turwe) Polish: lassi (pl) n Portuguese: lassi m Punjabi: ਲੱਸੀ (lassī) Russian: ла́сси́ (ru) m or n (lássí) Tamil: கடை தயிர் (kaṭai tayir) Telugu: లస్సి (lassi) Urdu: لسی‎ (lassī)

Anagrams

• SAILs, Silas, sails, sisal

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Finnish

Etymology

From Hindi लस्सी (lassī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑsːi/, [ˈlɑs̠ːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑsːi
• Syllabification^(key): las‧si

Noun

lassi

1. lassi (beverage)

Declension

Inflection of lassi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		lassi	lassit
genitive		lassin	lassien
partitive		lassia	lasseja
illative		lassiin	lasseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lassi	lassit
accusative	nom.	lassi	lassit
	gen.	lassin
genitive		lassin	lassien
partitive		lassia	lasseja
inessive		lassissa	lasseissa
elative		lassista	lasseista
illative		lassiin	lasseihin
adessive		lassilla	lasseilla
ablative		lassilta	lasseilta
allative		lassille	lasseille
essive		lassina	lasseina
translative		lassiksi	lasseiksi
instructive		—	lassein
abessive		lassitta	lasseitta
comitative		—	lasseineen

Possessive forms of lassi (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	lassini	lassimme
2nd person	lassisi	lassinne
3rd person	lassinsa

Derived terms

• mangolassi

Anagrams

• silsa, sisal

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlas.si/
• Rhymes: -assi
• Hyphenation: làs‧si

Adjective

lassi m

1. masculine plural of lasso

Noun

lassi m

1. plural of lasso

Anagrams

• Lissa, salsi

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Latin

Adjective

lassī

1. inflection of lassus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

References

• lassi in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *lësē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈlassiː/

Noun

lassi

1. accessory, supplement, extra

Inflection

Even i-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative	lassi
Genitive	lasi lasẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lassi	lasit
Accusative	lasi	lasiid
Genitive	lasi lasẹ	lasiid
Illative	lassái	lasiide
Locative	lasis	lasiin
Comitative	lasiin	lasiiguin
Essive	lassin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person lassán lassáme lassámet 2nd person lassát lassáde lassádet 3rd person lassis lassiska lassiset

Derived terms

• lassánit

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Hindi लस्सी (lassī).

Noun

lassi m (definite singular lassien, indefinite plural lassier, definite plural lassiene)

1. lassi

References

• “lassi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “lassi” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• Silas, lassi, lissa, sisal, sisla

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Hindi लस्सी (lassī).

Noun

lassi m (definite singular lassien, indefinite plural lassiar, definite plural lassiane)

1. lassi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lassi n

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of lass

References

• “lassi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “lassi” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• Silas, lassi, lissa, silas, sisal, sisla

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Portuguese

Noun

lassi m (plural lassis)

1. lassi (beverage made with yoghurt)

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Spanish

Noun

lassi m (plural lassis)

1. lassi