çast

See also: cast, čast, část, časť, and cast.

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • ças

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic часъ (časŭ, “time, moment, hour”), Serbo-Croatian čas (“time, moment, hour”) and Bulgarian час (čas, “hour, period”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *časъ (“time”).

The auslaut -t derives from the old locative or prepositional accusative case.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃast/

Noun

çast m (plural çaste, definite çasti, definite plural çastet)

  1. moment
  2. opportunity

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • çastësi, çastshëm

References
  1. Topalli, K. (2017) “çast”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 328
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “çast”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 50
  3. Omari, Anila (2012) “çast”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 118-119

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Perhaps from Russian счастье (sčastʹje).

Noun

çast

  1. luck, fortune

Declension
Declension of çast
nominative çast
genitive çastnıñ
dative çastqa
accusative çastnı
locative çastta
ablative çasttan
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