vass

== Cimbrian == === Alternative forms === bass (Mezzaselva) === Etymology === From Middle High German vaz, from Old High German faz, from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel, container”). Cognate with German Fass, Dutch vat, English vat, Icelandic fat. === Noun === vass n (plural vèssar, diminutive vèssle) (Sette Comuni) vat, tub De baibar habent gabèsset au an vass gaplèttarakh. ― The women washed a tub of clothing. ==== Declension ==== === References === “bass” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === vass imperative of vassa == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vas/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish hvas, from Old Norse hvǫss, hvass, from Proto-Germanic *hwassaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₁dstós. ==== Alternative forms ==== hvass (obsolete) ==== Adjective ==== vass (comparative vassare, superlative vassast) sharp (able to cut easily) (figuratively) sharp ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Swedish vas, from Proto-Germanic *wassaz, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”). ==== Noun ==== vass c (usually collectively) reed; reeds a clump of reeds reed bed ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== vasspipa vasstrå vassbädd ===== See also ===== säv (“club-rush; lakeshore bulrush”) === Further reading === “vass”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) vass in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === savs