vas

See also: vaș

Radestrian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• vàs (dated, used to distinguish it from vas (“with”))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vas/
• Rhyme: -as ⁽¹¹⁾

Noun

vas inan (countable, genitive singular vug, nominative plural váte, vai, compound form va-, relational adjective vojeș)

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

Declension

Declension 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/

Derived terms

• erváte (“glasses”)

Translations

eye (organ)

Balavic: ota Laefevian: vat Lusetian: va Riyan: vah

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) [with instrumental]

   Antonym: ir

Usage notes

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

Combined pronominal forms of vas
case	personal
	SG				PL					REFL	RECP
	1	2	3		1		2	3
			ANIM	INAN	INCL	EXCL		ANIM	INAN
	ú	re	vâs	vara	dzun	dzate	sjáște	vír	vara	dzist	dzjed
[instrumental]	vebuorvas /vɛˈbuorvas/	rábuorvas /ˈraːbuorvas/	vâbuorvas /vɤˈbuorvas/	vabuorvas /vaˈbuorvas/	dzmerívas /dzmɛˈriːvas/	dzatorívas /ˈdzatɔriːvas/	sjárívas /ˈʃaːriːvas/	vírívas /ˈviːriːvas/	vairívas /ˈvairiːvas/	dzibuorvas /dziˈbuorvas/	dzírívas /ˈdziːriːvas/
case	number	interrogative- existential		demonstrative		quantifier
		ANIM	INAN	PROX	DIST	indefinite		general indefinite		collective
						ANIM	INAN	ANIM	INAN	ANIM	INAN
		bjaș	bjar	kjes	okjes	baus	bvar	bjaș-á	bjar-á	vaus	var
[instrumental]	SG	bjábuorvas /ˈbjaːbuorvas/	bibuorvas /biˈbuorvas/	kaorvas /ˈkɔːrvas/	okuorvas /ɔˈkuorvas/	býbuorvas /ˈbiːbuorvas/	butuorvas /buˈtuorvas/	bjábuorvas-á /ˈbjaːbuorvasaː/	bibuorvas-á /biˈbuorvasaː/	vaobuorvas /ˈvɔːbuorvas/	ubuorvas /uˈbuorvas/
	PL	bjairívas /ˈbjairiːvas/	bjerívas /bjɛˈriːvas/	terívas /tɛˈriːvas/	oterívas /ˈɔtɛriːvas/	baurívas /ˈbauriːvas/	børívas /bœˈriːvas/	bjairívas-á /ˈbjairiːvasaː/	bjerívas-á /bjɛˈriːvasaː/

= Related terms

• vas- (“co-”)

See also

Radestrian 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