cách

See also: cach, Cach, cac'h, càch, and cạch

Muong

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kac⁶/

Verb

cách

1. to cut
2. to harvest

References

• Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Old Irish

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːx/

Pronoun

cách (genitive cáich)

1. everyone
2. whoever

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cách.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• cach (determiner)

Descendants

• Irish: cách
• Scottish Gaelic: càch

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cách	chách	cách pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 490, page 310
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cách”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kajk̟̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kat̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kat̚˦˥]

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 格.

Noun

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cách thức
• cung cách
• kiểu cách
• phong cách
• tính cách
• tư cách

 

Prefix

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...

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 隔.

Verb

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)

Prefix

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cách biệt
• cách đây
• cách li
• cách trở
• khoảng cách
• ngăn cách
• xa cách

 

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 革.

Verb

cách

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cách mạng
• cách mệnh
• cách tân
• cải cách