ós

CatalanEdit

l'ós bru

Alternative formsEdit

os (2016 spelling reform)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ursus. Compare Spanish oso, Occitan ors, French ours.

PronunciationEdit

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈos/
Audio (Valencian) (file)
Rhymes: -os

NounEdit

ós m (plural óssos, feminine óssa)

bear (mammal)

Usage notesEdit

The spelling ós was deprecated in the 2016 spelling reform. The old spelling can still be used for metalinguistic transcriptions, or when the intended meaning is not clear from the context. See Appendix:Catalan orthography.

Derived termsEdit

specific species of bear

other non-ursine mammals

GalicianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

aos

EtymologyEdit

From contraction of preposition a (“to, towards”) + masculine plural definite article os (“the”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɔs/

ContractionEdit

ós m pl (masculine sg ó, feminine sg á, feminine plural ás)

Alternative spelling of aos

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse *óss, from Proto-Germanic *ōsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”), cognate with Old English ōr, Latin ōs (“mouth”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ouːs/

NounEdit

ós f (genitive singular óss, nominative plural ósar)

estuary, mouth of the river

Derived termsEdit

IrishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Contraction of ó (“since”) + is (“is”).

PronunciationEdit

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /oːsˠ/, (before é, ea, í, iad and their emphatic equivalents) /oːʃ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɔːsˠ/, (before é, ea, í, iad and their emphatic equivalents) /ɔːʃ/

ConjunctionEdit

ós

since... is
Ós breá an lá inniu, táimid ag dul go dtí an trá.
Since it’s a fine day today, we’re going to the beach.

ós eisean a rinneé ― since he’s the one who did it

Related termsEdit

Irish copular forms

Simple copular forms

Present/future
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	is	ní	an	nach
Direct relative clauses	is	nach
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arb^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurb^v		an	nach
Past/conditional
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Direct relative clauses	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arbh^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Present subjunctive
	Affirmative	Negative
	gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v

Compound copular forms

Base word	Present/future	Past/conditional
cá	cár, cárb^v	cár, cárbh^v
cé	cér, cérb^v	cér, cérbh^v
dá		dá mba, dá mb’^v
de/do	dar, darb^v	dar, darbh^v
faoi	faoinar, faoinarb^v	faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i	inar, inarb^v	inar, inarbh^v
le	lenar, lenarb^v	lenar, lenarbh^v
má	más	má ba, má b’^v
mura	mura, murab^v	murar, murarbh^v
ó (prep.)	ónar, ónarb^v	ónar, ónarbh^v
ó (conj.)	ós	ó ba, ó b’^v
trí	trínar, trínarb^v	trínar, trínarbh^v