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From Proto-Vietic *kac, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kac. Cognate with Vietnamese cắt (“to cut”).

cách

  1. to cut
  2. to harvest
  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎[1], Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

From Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂-kʷo-. Cognate with Middle Welsh pawb and modern Welsh pawb, Old Church Slavonic какъ (kakŭ, “what kind of”), Lithuanian kõks (“what kind of”).

cách (genitive cáich)

  1. everyone
  2. whoever

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cách.

Often modified by the definite article in when defined by a relative clause.

Mutation of cách
radical lenition nasalization
cách chách cách
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Sino-Vietnamese word from 格.

cách

  1. way, manner, fashion
    cách làm việc ― the way of working
    một cách nhanh chóng ― quickly, rapidly
  2. (grammar, linguistics) grammatical case
    sở hữu cách/cách sở hữu ― the genitive case

cách

  1. (in certain expression, often literary) Forming intensifiers preceding certain particles and quantifiers
    dù có cố gắng cách mấy... ― no matter how hard you try...

Sino-Vietnamese word from 隔.

cách

  1. to be distant from, to be separated from

    Nhà tui cách thành phố 50 cây số.

    My house is 50 kilometers from (the/a) city.

    Tôi không biết khoảng cách đó là bao nhiêu.

    I don't know how far that is. (lit. what the distance is)

cách

  1. non-conductive or -proof or insulating
    Antonym: dẫn
    cách điện ― non-electroconductive, (electrically) insulating
    cách nhiệt ― non-thermoconductive, (thermally) insulating
    cách âm ― soundproof

Sino-Vietnamese word from 革.

cách

  1. (only in compounds) to change, to reform