fass

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

fast (northernmost Moselle Franconian)
fest (most of Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German fast, from Old High German fast, from Proto-West Germanic *fast.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fas/
Rhymes: -as

Adjective

fass (masculine faste, feminine and plural faste or fass, comparative faster, superlative et miets fass)

(Ripuarian) firm

Usage notes

In adverbial or predicative function the superlative may also be et faste.

Derived terms

fassbenge

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

faas, fas, fast

Etymology

The adjective form is likely a semantic shift of the word English fast in the dated sense of having immoral habits.^[1] The verb form is instead derived from the English verb "to fuss."

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːs/
Hyphenation: fass

Adjective

fass

Alternative spelling of fast.
Mi cyaan ketch yuh. Yuh too fass fi mi.
I can't catch up to you. You're too fast for me.
nosy; inquisitive
Yuh too fass. Yuh fi stay outta people business.
You're too nosy. Don't get involved in other people's affairs.
- 2008, Jennifer Keane-Dawes, “Dear Jamaica: Living among the dead”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎^[1]:
  “Mabel: "Gladys, nuh seh me fass. But wah mek yu fallah Ivan gone lib ova da cemetery?" […] ”
  Mabel: "Gladys, please don't think I'm being inquisitive. But why did you decide to go live in the cemetery with Ivan? […]

Verb

fass

meddle in others' affairs
Wah mek yuh a fass inna di people dem business?
Why are you meddling in the people's affairs?

Miss May always a fass inna people business.
Ms. May is always meddling in other people's affairs.
- 2010, Jennifer M. Keane-Dawes, Dear Jamaica: Expressions of Indigenous Knowledge, →ISBN, page 31:
  “Tek Iris who fa love now, is fe fass inna people bisniss. Suh everytime people see him a shoob een him hearing aid an a tep like cock chicken a come, dem know fe tikya. […] ”
  For example, there's Iris who loves to meddle in other people's affairs. Whenever people see her putting her hearing aid in, walking over like a rooster, they know they need to be careful. […]

References

^ Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 225

Middle English

Alternative forms

face, vasse, fas, faz

Etymology

From Old English fæs; cognate to Middle High German vase.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fas/, /faːs/

Noun

fass (plural fasses) (rare)

fringe
leek root

Synonyms

fassynge

Descendants

English: fas
Yola: fash

References

^ “fas, n..”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 29 November 2019.
^ “fā̆s, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-11-29.

[1] Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 225

[2] “fas, n..”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 29 November 2019.

[3] “fā̆s, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-11-29.

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