kass

See also: kāss and Kass

Estonian

Etymology

Most likely from a dialectal variant of Russian ко́шка (kóška). Possibly an older loan from Old East Slavic [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsʲː/

Noun

kass (genitive kassi, partitive kassi)

1. cat

Declension

Declension of kass (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kass	kassid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kassi
genitive			kasside
partitive		kassi	kasse kassisid
illative		kassi kassisse	kassidesse kassesse
inessive		kassis	kassides kasses
elative		kassist	kassidest kassest
allative		kassile	kassidele kassele
adessive		kassil	kassidel kassel
ablative		kassilt	kassidelt kasselt
translative		kassiks	kassideks kasseks
terminative		kassini	kassideni
essive		kassina	kassidena
abessive		kassita	kassideta
comitative		kassiga	kassidega

Derived terms

• kassiliiv
• kassitoit

References

• Raimo Raag. (2015), A Criterion for Old Age, section “Word stems in modern standard Estonian of Old East Slavic origin”, in Книгамъ бо есть неищетная глубина: Essays in Honour of Irina Lysén.
• “kass”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

kass (comparative kassare, superlative kassast)

1. (colloquial) very bad, crap

   Synonym: usel

   Filmen var kass.

   The movie was crap.

   Telefonens mottagning är kass.

   The phone's reception is crap.

   • 2025 November 30, Martin Liby Troein, “Trump är svagare än på mycket länge – det gör honom också mycket farlig [Trump is weaker than he has been for a very long time – that also makes him very dangerous]”, in Dagens Nyheter‎^[1]:

     Det handlar heller inte bara om tio dagar – november var en kass månad för Donald Trump.

     And it's not just a matter of ten days – November was a horrible month for Donald Trump.

Declension

Inflection of kass

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	kass	kassare	kassast
neuter singular	kasst	kassare	kassast
plural	kassa	kassare	kassast
masculine plural2	kasse	kassare	kassast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	kasse	kassare	kassaste
all	kassa	kassare	kassaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

kass c

1. (Dalecarlia, Orsa) basket for a baby

Anagrams

• Asks, asks, saks