vas

Radestrian

Etymology 1

From Middle Radestrian vass, from Old Radestrian vass, inherited from Proto-Radic *βahs, from Proto-Hirdic *bháṯəs, from Proto-Laenkean *bʱatas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vas/
• Rhyme: -as ⁽¹¹⁾

Noun

vas inan (genitive singular vug, nominative plural váte, vai)

1. (countable, anatomy) eye (organ)

Declension

ExpandDeclension of vas (spirant, cum plurali binario)
		singular	plural
			binary	true
nominative		vas /vas/	váte /ˈvaːtɛ/	vai /vai/
vocative		vase /ˈvasɛ/
genitive	proper	vug /vɤɡ/	vátis /ˈvaːtis/	vairis /ˈvairis/
	constructive			vais /vais/
dative		vá /vaː/	vátín /ˈvaːtiːn/	vairín /ˈvairiːn/
accusative		vad /vad/	vátid /ˈvaːtid/	vairid /ˈvairid/
instrumental		vavúr /ˈvavuːr/	vátíe /ˈvaːtiːɛ/	vairíe /ˈvairiːɛ/

Etymology 2

From Middle Radestrian vas, vat, from Old Radestrian wat, was, inherited from Proto-Radic *wat, from Proto-Hirdic *wot, from Proto-Laenkean *wotʼ-.

Alternative forms

• -vas (pronominal enclitic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vas/
  • (colloquial) /vɤs/
• Rhymes: -as ⁽¹¹⁾, -ɤs ⁽²⁴⁾

Preposition

vas

1. (spatial, abstract) with (comitative)

   Antonym: ir

Usage notes

• The enclitic form is used in combination with weak pronominal complements:

Combined pronominal forms of vas
case	personal											interrogative- existential		demonstrative		quantifier
	SG				PL					REFL	RECP	ANIM	INAN	PROX	DIST	collective		indefinite		general indefinite
	1	2	3		1		2	3								ANIM	INAN	ANIM	INAN	ANIM	INAN
			ANIM	INAN	INCL	EXCL		ANIM	INAN
[with instrumental]	vebuor-vas	rábuor-vas	vâbuor-vas	vabuor-vas	dzmerí-vas	dzatorí-vas	sjárí-vas	vírí-vas	vairí-vas	dzibuor-vas	dzírí-vas	bjábuor-vas	bibuor-vas	kaor-vas	okaor-vas	vaobuor-vas	ubuor-vas	býbuor-vas	butuor-vas	bjábuor-vas-vá	bibuor-vas-vá

See also

ExpandRadestrian spatial prepositions
space	position	goal	source	transit
exterior	lara [genitive] outside	lara [accusative] outside	allara [genitive] from outside	ýra [accusative] past, by
interior (bound space)	la [dative] in, at	la [accusative] into, to	an [genitive] out, from	ý [accusative] through
immersion	tí [instrumental] between, amidst, in	latí [accusative] between, into	antí [genitive] from between, out
establishment	sje [dative] at	sá [dative] to	tí [accusative] from
boundary	ní [instrumental] by, at, beside			ynan [dative] along
plane (unbound space)	er [dative] on, at	er [accusative] onto, to		ý [accusative] through
superior surface			ha [genitive] off	teșa [genitive] across, over
vertical/inferior surface	yn [dative] on	yn [accusative] onto	an [genitive] off	ynan [dative] across, along
company	vas [instrumental] with
absence	ir [accusative] without
centre	ralga [genitive] in the middle of	lavas [accusative] into the middle of	anvas [genitive] from the middle of	ervas [dative] around
anterior	svíma [dative] in front of, before, opposite	svíma [accusative] towards, against	ansvíma [genitive] from in front of
posterior	ha [dative] behind, after	ha [accusative] behind, after	ana [genitive] from behind
superior	fje [dative] above	fje [accusative] above	anfje [genitive] from above
inferior	taon [dative] below	taon [accusative] below	andaon [genitive] from below
vicinity	nvieru [genitive] near			hjeral [genitive] around