cách – Wiktionary

See also: cach, Cach, cac’h, càch

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cạch

Old Irish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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cách (genitive cáich)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cách.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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• cach

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  determiner

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Descendants

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• Scottish Gaelic: càch

Mutation

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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

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 格.

Noun

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cách

1. way, manner, fashion

   cách làm việc ―

   the way of working

   một cách nhanh chóng ―

   quickly, rapidly

2. (

   grammar

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   linguistics

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   grammatical case

   sở hữu cách/cách sở hữu ―

   the genitive case

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Prefix

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cách

1. (

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   in certain expressionoften literary

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   Forming intensifiers preceding certain particles and quantifiers

   dù có cố gắng cách mấy… ―

   no matter how hard you try…

Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 隔.

Verb

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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.

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cách

1. non-conductive or -proof

   dẫn

   cách điện ―

   non-electroconductive

   cách nhiệt ―

   non-thermoconductive

   cách âm ―

   soundproof

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Etymology 3

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 革.

Verb

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cách

1. (

   only in compounds

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   to change, to reform

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