vasi

See also: Vasi, vaši, vâsi, and ваши

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːsɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːsɪ

Etymology 1

From Latin vās (“vessel, vase”).

Noun

vasi m (genitive singular vasa, nominative plural vasar)

1. vase

Declension

Declension of vasi (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vasi	vasinn	vasar	vasarnir
accusative	vasa	vasann	vasa	vasana
dative	vasa	vasanum	vösum	vösunum
genitive	vasa	vasans	vasa	vasanna

Derived terms

• blómavasi (“flower vase”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

vasi m (genitive singular vasa, nominative plural vasar)

1. pocket

Declension

Declension of vasi (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vasi	vasinn	vasar	vasarnir
accusative	vasa	vasann	vasa	vasana
dative	vasa	vasanum	vösum	vösunum
genitive	vasa	vasans	vasa	vasanna

Derived terms

• brjóstvasi (“breast pocket”)
• buxnavasi (“trouser pocket”)
• hliðarvasi (“side pocket”)
• rassvasi (“back pocket”)
• vasabók (“notebook, pocket-book”)
• vasadiskó (“walkman”)
• vasahnífur (“pocketknife”)
• vasaklútur (“handkerchief”)
• vasaljós (“torch, flashlight”)
• vasaorðabók (“pocket dictionary”)
• vasapeli (“hip flask”)
• vasapeningar (“pocket money”)
• vasareiknir (“pocket calculator”)
• vasatölva (“pocket calculator”)
• vasaúr (“pocket watch”)
• vasaþjófur (“pickpocket”)

Italian

Noun

vasi m

1. plural of vaso

Anagrams

• savi, svia

Latin

Verb

vāsī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of vādō

References

• vasi in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old Norse

Noun

vasi m

1. sheaf

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀲𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• वसि (Devanagari script)
• ৰসি (Bengali script)
• වසි (Sinhalese script)
• ဝသိ (Burmese script)
• วสิ or วะสิ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩈᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ວສິ or ວະສິ (Lao script)
• វសិ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄥𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

vasi

1. second/third-person singular aorist active of vasati (“to dwell”)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːˈsiː/
• Hyphenation: va‧si

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish واسع (vasi), from Arabic وَاسِع (wāsiʕ).

Adjective

vasi

1. wide

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vasi2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish وصی (“testator; executor, trustee”), from Arabic وَصِيّ (waṣiyy), from و ص ي (w-ṣ-y).

Noun

vasi (definite accusative vasiyi, plural vasiler)

1. (law) custodian

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	vasi
Definite accusative	vasiyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vasi	vasiler
Definite accusative	vasiyi	vasileri
Dative	vasiye	vasilere
Locative	vaside	vasilerde
Ablative	vasiden	vasilerden
Genitive	vasinin	vasilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular vasim vasilerim 2nd singular vasin vasilerin 3rd singular vasisi vasileri 1st plural vasimiz vasilerimiz 2nd plural vasiniz vasileriniz 3rd plural vasileri vasileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular vasimi vasilerimi 2nd singular vasini vasilerini 3rd singular vasisini vasilerini 1st plural vasimizi vasilerimizi 2nd plural vasinizi vasilerinizi 3rd plural vasilerini vasilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular vasime vasilerime 2nd singular vasine vasilerine 3rd singular vasisine vasilerine 1st plural vasimize vasilerimize 2nd plural vasinize vasilerinize 3rd plural vasilerine vasilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular vasimde vasilerimde 2nd singular vasinde vasilerinde 3rd singular vasisinde vasilerinde 1st plural vasimizde vasilerimizde 2nd plural vasinizde vasilerinizde 3rd plural vasilerinde vasilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular vasimden vasilerimden 2nd singular vasinden vasilerinden 3rd singular vasisinden vasilerinden 1st plural vasimizden vasilerimizden 2nd plural vasinizden vasilerinizden 3rd plural vasilerinden vasilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular vasimin vasilerimin 2nd singular vasinin vasilerinin 3rd singular vasisinin vasilerinin 1st plural vasimizin vasilerimizin 2nd plural vasinizin vasilerinizin 3rd plural vasilerinin vasilerinin

Synonyms

• koruyan
• nazır

Related terms

• vasiyet

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vasi1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وصی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2139