"bas" meaning in Middle English

See bas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /baːs/, /bas/, /ˈbaːz(ə)/ (note: influenced by the noun base) Forms: baas [alternative], bace [alternative], base [alternative], bass [alternative], basse [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French bas, from Late Latin bassus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:bor|fro:bas}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gʷem-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gʷémtis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*gʷə́tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "step", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "step", "pos" : "root" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gʷem-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "intransitive verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gʷm̥yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*gʷəňňō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gʷeh₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*égʷēn", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βαίνω", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "action nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "action nouns", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-τις", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-σῐς", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "afeq", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βάσις", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βαθύς", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Oscan", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "osc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Celtic", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "cel" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "bassus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "bas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "bas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="bas">, {{bor+|enm|fro|bas}} Borrowed from Old French bas, {{der|enm|la-lat|bassus}} Late Latin bassus Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective}} bas
  1. Low, short; lacking in height or altitude.
    Sense id: en-bas-enm-adj-twPByyVw Categories (other): Sound Disambiguation of Sound: 34 0 0 33 33 0
  2. Positioned or placed low; lower than surrounding places.
    Sense id: en-bas-enm-adj-NKNg1jv0
  3. Quiet; lacking in loudness or volume.
    Sense id: en-bas-enm-adj-HA4FW8kO
  4. Poor, unlucky, common; of low rank or wealth.
    Sense id: en-bas-enm-adj-JcFgM9p~ Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Sound Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 0 0 0 10 0 18 15 8 29 20 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 22 7 31 22 3 Disambiguation of Sound: 34 0 0 33 33 0
  5. (rare) Low-quality; degraded. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bas-enm-adj-O1FwI~cd Categories (other): Sound Disambiguation of Sound: 34 0 0 33 33 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} bas
  1. alternative form of base Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: base
    Sense id: en-bas-enm-noun-yiMiiBUx Categories (other): Society Disambiguation of Society: 12 12 13 12 22 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "base",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bass",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basse",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "bas",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Low, short; lacking in height or altitude."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "height",
          "height"
        ],
        [
          "altitude",
          "altitude"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Positioned or placed low; lower than surrounding places."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Positioned",
          "positioned"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Quiet; lacking in loudness or volume."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loudness",
          "loudness"
        ],
        [
          "volume",
          "volume"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Poor, unlucky, common; of low rank or wealth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unlucky",
          "unlucky"
        ],
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Low-quality; degraded."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "degraded",
          "degraded"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Low-quality; degraded."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/baːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaːz(ə)/",
      "note": "influenced by the noun base"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bas"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English alternative forms",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Pages with 39 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Society",
    "enm:Sound"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "altform": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "bas",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "base"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of base"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "base",
          "base#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bas"
}

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