cas in Middle English

Forms: eclipse [plural], cases [plural], case [alternative], cace [alternative], caas [alternative], caice [alternative], cais [alternative], casse [alternative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Borrowed from Old French cas, from Latin cāsus (“fall”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:bor|fro:cas<ety:inh<la:cāsus>>|id=case}}, {{bor|enm|fro|cas}} Old French cas, {{der|enm|la|cāsus|t=fall}} Latin cāsus (“fall”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cas, {{enm-noun|#s|pl2=cases}} cas (plural eclipse or cases)

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "n"
          ],
          "word": "case"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "case"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cás"
    }
  ],
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        "2": ":bor",
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        "id": "case"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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        "2": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin cāsus (“fall”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "eclipse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cases",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "case",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cace",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caas",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caice",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cais",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "casse",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cas",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "#s",
        "pl2": "cases"
      },
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    }
  ],
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        "case (event, happening)"
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      "links": [
        [
          "case",
          "case"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 16 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "cy:Hatred"
  ],
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "n"
          ],
          "word": "case"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "case"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cás"
    }
  ],
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        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "fro:cas<ety:inh<la:cāsus>>",
        "id": "case"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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        "3": "cas"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French cas",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cāsus",
        "t": "fall"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cāsus (“fall”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French cas, from Latin cāsus (“fall”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eclipse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cases",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "case",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cace",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caas",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caice",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cais",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "casse",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cas",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "#s",
        "pl2": "cases"
      },
      "expansion": "cas (plural eclipse or cases)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English links with manual fragments",
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        "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
        "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old French",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Middle English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root ḱh₂d-",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 16 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with inline etymon for redlinks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "case (event, happening)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "case",
          "case"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cas"
}

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"cas" meaning in Middle English

Noun