nassa
See also: Nassa
Italian
Etymology
From Latin nassa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnas.sa/
- Rhymes: -assa
- Hyphenation: nàs‧sa
Noun
nassa f (plural nasse)
- creel, trap for fish
Anagrams
- Sansa, sansa
Latin
Alternative forms
- naxa
Etymology
Probably from Old Latin nasta, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”). See also Proto-Germanic *natją (English net) and Irish nasc and snaidhm.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnas.sa/, [ˈnäs̠ːä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnas.sa/, [ˈnäsːä]
Noun
nassa f (genitive nassae); first declension
- a narrow-necked basket for catching fish, weel
- (figuratively) a snare, net
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nassa | nassae |
| Genitive | nassae | nassārum |
| Dative | nassae | nassīs |
| Accusative | nassam | nassās |
| Ablative | nassā | nassīs |
| Vocative | nassa | nassae |
Descendants
- Catalan: nansa
- French: nasse
- Galician: nasa
- Italian: nassa
- Spanish: nasa
References
- “nassa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nassa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nassa 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)
- nassa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “nassa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| n-s-s |
| 2 terms |
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian nassa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnas.sa/
Noun
nassa f (plural nassi or nases)
- fish-trap
- trap in general
- Synonym: nasba (especially a bird trap)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀦𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- नस्स (Devanagari script)
- নস্স (Bengali script)
- නස්ස (Sinhalese script)
- နဿ or ၼသ်သ (Burmese script)
- นสฺส or นัสสะ (Thai script)
- ᨶᩔ (Tai Tham script)
- ນສ຺ສ or ນັສສະ (Lao script)
- នស្ស (Khmer script)
- 𑄚𑄥𑄴𑄥 (Chakma script)
Adjective
nassa
- genitive/dative singular masculine/neuter of na (“that”)
Pronoun
nassa
- genitive/dative singular of na (“him, it, that”)
Pronoun
nassa
- genitive/dative singular of na (“it, that”)