"basa" meaning in Czech

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Noun

IPA: [ˈbasa]
Rhymes: -asa Etymology: Borrowed from German Bass or French basse. The meaning “prison” was probably based on French au violon (“in prison”, literally “in violin”). The meaning “bottle crate” was probably derived from that, with the bottles being confined in the crate. Etymology templates: {{bor+|cs|de|Bass}} Borrowed from German Bass, {{bor|cs|fr|basse}} French basse, {{der|cs|fr|au violon|lit=in violin|t=in prison}} French au violon (“in prison”, literally “in violin”), {{etydate/the|17th century}} the 17th century, {{etydate|17th century}} First attested in the 17th century Head templates: {{cs-noun|f|adj=basový}} basa f (relational adjective basový) Inflection templates: {{cs-ndecl|f}} Forms: basový [adjective, relational], no-table-tags [table-tags], basa [nominative, singular], basy [nominative, plural], basy [genitive, singular], bas [genitive, plural], base [dative, singular], basám [dative, plural], basu [accusative, singular], basy [accusative, plural], baso [singular, vocative], basy [plural, vocative], base [locative, singular], basách [locative, plural], basou [instrumental, singular], basami [instrumental, plural]
  1. (music) bass (musical instrument) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-basa-cs-noun-kduZvuZp Categories (other): Musical instruments Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (informal) bottle crate (a crate used to transport bottles) Tags: feminine, informal Synonyms: přepravka
    Sense id: en-basa-cs-noun-fVMUuq~x Categories (other): Czech entries with incorrect language header, Containers Disambiguation of Czech entries with incorrect language header: 18 72 10 Disambiguation of Containers: 11 82 7
  3. (informal, expressive) prison (a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes) Tags: feminine, informal Synonyms: vězení, žalář, katr
    Sense id: en-basa-cs-noun-giFkGTFe Categories (other): Prison Disambiguation of Prison: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: basák, basista, baskytara, kontrabas

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "basák"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "basista"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "baskytara"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "kontrabas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Bass"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from German Bass",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "basse"
      },
      "expansion": "French basse",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "au violon",
        "lit": "in violin",
        "t": "in prison"
      },
      "expansion": "French au violon (“in prison”, literally “in violin”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "17th century"
      },
      "expansion": "the 17th century",
      "name": "etydate/the"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "17th century"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the 17th century",
      "name": "etydate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Bass or French basse. The meaning “prison” was probably based on French au violon (“in prison”, literally “in violin”). The meaning “bottle crate” was probably derived from that, with the bottles being confined in the crate.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "basový",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "relational"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cs-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "base",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baso",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "base",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basách",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "adj": "basový"
      },
      "expansion": "basa f (relational adjective basový)",
      "name": "cs-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "cs-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Czech",
  "lang_code": "cs",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cs",
          "name": "Musical instruments",
          "orig": "cs:Musical instruments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bass (musical instrument)"
      ],
      "id": "en-basa-cs-noun-kduZvuZp",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "bass",
          "bass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) bass (musical instrument)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 72 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Czech entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 82 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cs",
          "name": "Containers",
          "orig": "cs:Containers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bottle crate (a crate used to transport bottles)"
      ],
      "id": "en-basa-cs-noun-fVMUuq~x",
      "links": [
        [
          "bottle crate",
          "bottle crate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) bottle crate (a crate used to transport bottles)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "přepravka"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cs",
          "name": "Prison",
          "orig": "cs:Prison",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prison (a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)"
      ],
      "id": "en-basa-cs-noun-giFkGTFe",
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "expressive",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, expressive) prison (a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vězení"
        },
        {
          "word": "žalář"
        },
        {
          "word": "katr"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbasa]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "basa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Czech entries with incorrect language header",
    "Czech feminine nouns",
    "Czech hard feminine nouns",
    "Czech lemmas",
    "Czech nouns",
    "Czech terms borrowed from French",
    "Czech terms borrowed from German",
    "Czech terms derived from French",
    "Czech terms derived from German",
    "Czech terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 40 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Czech/asa",
    "Rhymes:Czech/asa/2 syllables",
    "cs:Containers",
    "cs:Prison"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "basák"
    },
    {
      "word": "basista"
    },
    {
      "word": "baskytara"
    },
    {
      "word": "kontrabas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Bass"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from German Bass",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "basse"
      },
      "expansion": "French basse",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "au violon",
        "lit": "in violin",
        "t": "in prison"
      },
      "expansion": "French au violon (“in prison”, literally “in violin”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "17th century"
      },
      "expansion": "the 17th century",
      "name": "etydate/the"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "17th century"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the 17th century",
      "name": "etydate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Bass or French basse. The meaning “prison” was probably based on French au violon (“in prison”, literally “in violin”). The meaning “bottle crate” was probably derived from that, with the bottles being confined in the crate.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "basový",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "relational"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cs-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "base",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baso",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "base",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basách",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "adj": "basový"
      },
      "expansion": "basa f (relational adjective basový)",
      "name": "cs-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "cs-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Czech",
  "lang_code": "cs",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "cs:Musical instruments"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bass (musical instrument)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "bass",
          "bass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) bass (musical instrument)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Czech informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bottle crate (a crate used to transport bottles)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bottle crate",
          "bottle crate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) bottle crate (a crate used to transport bottles)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "přepravka"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Czech expressive terms",
        "Czech informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prison (a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "expressive",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, expressive) prison (a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vězení"
        },
        {
          "word": "žalář"
        },
        {
          "word": "katr"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbasa]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "basa"
}

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