flus
See also: fłūs
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flus
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Etymology edit
From Early Modern German fluss (“stream”), from fliessen (“to flow”).[1]
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flus m inan
- (slightly vulgar) gob of spit, phlegm [16th c.]
- 1902, Vlast[1], volume 19, page 327:
- Když dobytek zapálení plic dostane, tuž nežere, těžce dýchá, na sucho kašle, žluté flusy jdou z nosu jeho, dostane žluté oči a suchý jazyk, […] .
- When the cattle gets pneumonia, they stop feeding, breath with difficulties, have a dry cough, yellow phlegm flows out of the nostrils, get yellow eyes and dry tongue, […] .
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While in historical texts the word is used neutrally, recently it has been viewed as slightly vulgar.
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- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “flusat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 192
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Faroese edit
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flus n (genitive singular flus, plural flus)
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| n11 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | flus | flusið | flus | flusini |
| Accusative | flus | flusið | flus | flusini |
| Dative | flusi | flusinum | flusum | flusunum |
| Genitive | flus | flusins | flusa | flusanna |
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| Root |
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| f-l-s |
| 5 terms |
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flus m sg or pl (plural flejjes)
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- The basic sense “money” is now usually construed as a masculine singular, though it may also be construed as a plural. The marked plural flejjes means “several amounts of money”.
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flus
- Alternative form of flees