vās

vās lat. Bng. "Vase, Behälter";

Klassische Nebenform des vorklassischen vāsum, aus dem Proto-Italischen *wāss, verwandt mit umbrischem vasus „Behälter“, aber der weitere Ursprung ist ungewiss, ohne bekannte Verwandte außerhalb des Italisch.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯aːs/, [u̯äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vas/, [väs]

Noun

vās n (genitive vāsis); third declension

1. vessel, container, dish
2. vase
3. utensil, instrument
4. (in the plural) equipment, apparatus

Declension

In the singular this noun is third declension but in the plural it is second declension. Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vās	vāsa
Genitive	vāsis	vāsōrum
Dative	vāsī	vāsīs
Accusative	vās	vāsa
Ablative	vāse	vāsīs
Vocative	vās	vāsa