kaste

kaste

1. plural of kas

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰasd̥ə]
• Rhymes: -astə

Via German Kaste from Portuguese casta (“bloodline, race, caste”), probably from the feminine of the adjective casto (“chaste”), from Latin castus.

kaste c (singular definite kasten, plural indefinite kaster)

1. caste

From Old Danish kastæ, from Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), cognate with Norwegian kaste and Swedish kasta. English cast is borrowed from Old Norse.

kaste (imperative kast, infinitive at kaste, present tense kaster, past tense kastede, perfect tense har kastet)

1. to throw, to chuck

   Kaste en bold. ― Throw a ball.

2. to drop

   Kaste en bombe (fra et fly). ― Drop a bomb (from an airplane).

3. to cast

   Koen kastede sin kalv. ― The cow cast its calf.

From Portuguese casta (“lineage, race”), from the feminine of casto (“pure, chaste”), from Latin castus (“pure, clean”). Cognate with Danish, Norwegian (see below), German Kaste, English caste, French caste etc.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑstə/

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• Hyphenation: kas‧te
• Rhymes: -ɑstə

kaste f (plural kasten, diminutive kastetje n)

1. a caste, hereditary Indian socio-religious class (except the 'unclean' lowest) (depreciated in specialist usage)
2. a similarly closed social class, especially if rather impenetrable -notably (de facto) hereditary-, as in Ancient Egypt or various tribal and feudal societies
3. any closed, social and/or hierarchic group, such as a priesthood or a military corps
4. (obsolete) national/ethnic group or character

• (by caste type) officierenkaste, priesterkaste m or f
• kastegeest m
• kastenregel m
• kastenstelsel n
• kasteverdeeling, kastenverdeeling
• kastenwezen n

• stake

From Proto-Finnic *kastëk.

kaste (genitive kaste, partitive kastet)

1. dew

Declension of kaste (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kaste	kasted
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kaste
genitive			kastete
partitive		kastet	kasteid
illative		kastesse	kastetesse kasteisse
inessive		kastes	kastetes kasteis
elative		kastest	kastetest kasteist
allative		kastele	kastetele kasteile
adessive		kastel	kastetel kasteil
ablative		kastelt	kastetelt kasteilt
translative		kasteks	kasteteks kasteiks
terminative		kasteni	kasteteni
essive		kastena	kastetena
abessive		kasteta	kasteteta
comitative		kastega	kastetega

• kastehein
• kastekann

From kastma +‎ -e.

kaste (genitive kastme, partitive kastet)

1. sauce

Declension of kaste (ÕS type 5/liige, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kaste	kastmed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kastme
genitive			kastmete
partitive		kastet	kastmeid
illative		kastmesse	kastmetesse kastmeisse
inessive		kastmes	kastmetes kastmeis
elative		kastmest	kastmetest kastmeist
allative		kastmele	kastmetele kastmeile
adessive		kastmel	kastmetel kastmeil
ablative		kastmelt	kastmetelt kastmeilt
translative		kastmeks	kastmeteks kastmeiks
terminative		kastmeni	kastmeteni
essive		kastmena	kastmetena
abessive		kastmeta	kastmeteta
comitative		kastmega	kastmetega

From Proto-Finnic *kastëk. Equivalent to kastaa (“to wet, soak”) +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsteˣ/, [ˈkɑ̝s̠te̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑste
• Hyphenation^(key): kas‧te

kaste

1. dew
2. baptism, christening

• “kaste”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• katse, saket

kaste

1. dew

Related to Medieval Latin castō, from Proto-West Germanic *kastō (“box, case”).

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kaste f (5th declension)

1. box

From Proto-Finnic *kastëk. Cognates include Finnish kaste and Estonian kaste.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑstʲe/
• Hyphenation: kas‧te
• Rhymes: -ɑstʲe

kaste (genitive kastien, partitive kastettu)

1. dew

Declension of kaste (Type 23/päre, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kaste	kastiet
genitive	kastien	kastieloin
partitive	kastettu	kastieloi
illative	kastieh	kastieloih
inessive	kasties	kastielois
elative	kastiespäi	kastieloispäi
allative	kastiele	kastieloile
adessive	kastiel	kastieloil
ablative	kastielpäi	kastieloilpäi
translative	kastiekse	kastieloikse
essive	kastiennu	kastieloinnu
abessive	kastiettah	kastieloittah
comitative	kastienke	kastieloinke
instructive		kastieloin
prolative	kastieči

• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 96

From Portuguese casta (“lineage, race”), from the feminine of casto (“pure, chaste”), from Latin castus (“pure, clean”) (cognate with Dutch kastijden (“to chastise”), English chasten, French chaste etc.), cognate with Danish, Dutch (see above) etc.

kaste m (definite singular kasten, indefinite plural kaster, definite plural kastene)

1. caste

From Old Norse kasta (compare with Danish kaste, Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish kasta and English cast).

kaste (imperative kast, present tense kaster, passive kastes, simple past and past participle kasta or kastet, present participle kastende)

1. (transitive) to throw
2. (transitive) to dart
3. to cast

   kaste skygge ― cast a shadow

• kast

• “kaste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

kaste m (definite singular kasten, indefinite plural kastar, definite plural kastane)

1. caste

kaste (present tense kastar, past tense kasta, past participle kasta, passive infinitive kastast, present participle kastande, imperative kaste/kast)

1. Alternative form of kasta

• underkaste

From Proto-Finnic *kastëk.

kaste

1. dew

Inflection of kaste (inflection type 36/kaste)
nominative sing.	kaste
genitive sing.	kastken
partitive sing.	kastet
partitive plur.	kastkid
	singular	plural
nominative	kaste	kastked
accusative	kastken	kastked
genitive	kastken	kastkiden
partitive	kastet	kastkid
essive-instructive	kastken	kastkin
translative	kastkeks	kastkikš
inessive	kastkes	kastkiš
elative	kastkespäi	kastkišpäi
illative	kastkehe	kastkihe
adessive	kastkel	kastkil
ablative	kastkelpäi	kastkilpäi
allative	kastkele	kastkile
abessive	kastketa	kastkita
comitative	kastkenke	kastkidenke
prolative	kastetme	kastkidme
approximative I	kastkenno	kastkidenno
approximative II	kastkennoks	kastkidennoks
egressive	kastkennopäi	kastkidennopäi
terminative I	kastkehesai	kastkihesai
terminative II	kastkelesai	kastkilesai
terminative III	kastkessai	—
additive I	kastkehepäi	kastkihepäi
additive II	kastkelepäi	kastkilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “роса”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika