oes
English edit
Noun edit
oes
- plural of oe
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (rare) plural of o, the name of the letter O.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Epic:
- Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, / Deep-chested music.
- 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:
- These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
Noun edit
oes pl (plural only)
- (obsolete) Small circle-shaped sequins of precious metal sewn to clothing for decorative effect, popular in the 17th century.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Masques and Triumphs”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- The Colours, that shew best by Candlelight, are; White, Carnation, and a Kinde of Sea-Water-Greene; And Oes, or Spangs, as they are of no great Cost, so they are of most Glory.
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Etymology edit
From Southern Dutch oest (Flemish and Zeelandic form of oogst), from Middle Dutch oest, from Old French aoust, from Latin augustus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oes (plural oeste)
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oes
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oes
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /oːɨ̯s/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɔi̯s/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /oːs/, /weːs/
- Rhymes: -oːɨ̯s
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
oes
- (in a question) is there; are there?
- (in answer to a question beginning with oes; in North Wales also to a question involving eisiau) yes
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Welsh ois, from Proto-Brythonic *oɨs, from Proto-Celtic *aissom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“life, age”). Ultimately cognate with Welsh oed, Latin aevus.
Noun edit
oes f (plural oesoedd)
Derived terms edit
- am oes (“for life”)
- ers oes oesoedd (“from the beginning of time”)
- goroesi (“to survive, outlast”)
- Oes y Cerrig (“Stone Age”)
- Oes yr Efydd (“Bronze Age”)
- Oes yr Haearn (“Iron Age”)
- oesfyr (“short-lived, ephemeral”)
- yn oes oesoedd (“for ever and ever”)
- yr Oesoedd Canol (“the Middle Ages”)
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “oes”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*ay-sso-, *ay-to-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 51
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
oes | unchanged | unchanged | hoes |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |