kasno

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Compare the Old Church Slavonic късно (kŭsno), оукъснѣти (ukŭsněti, “to be late”) and закъснѣние (zakŭsněnie, “laziness”), all from the adjective късенъ (kŭsenŭ, “late”). kasno and the adjective kasan are compounds from the preposition k (“to”) and the dative of san (“dream, sleep”). It was originally used to indicate someone who comes too late because he/she failed to wake on time. Possible cognates include Bulgarian късно (kǎsno), Russian косный (kosnyj, “inert, lifeless”), Lithuanian kušlas (“weak, tired”), Latvian kusu (“tired”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâsno/
• Hyphenation: ka‧sno

Adverb

kȁsno (Cyrillic spelling ка̏сно)

1. late

   Antonym: rano

Related terms

• kȁsan

Adjective

kasno

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of kasan