ós
See also: Appendix:Variations of "os"
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ós m (plural óssos, feminine óssa)
- Pre-2016 spelling of os (“bear”).
Usage notes edit
- 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.
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From contraction of preposition a (“to, towards”) + masculine plural definite article os (“the”).
Pronunciation edit
Contraction edit
ós m pl (masculine sg ó, feminine sg á, feminine plural ás)
- Alternative spelling of aos
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse óss, from Proto-Germanic *ōsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”), cognate with Old English ōr, Latin ōs (“mouth”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ós f (genitive singular óss, nominative plural ósar)
Derived terms edit
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Contraction of ó (“since”) + is (“is”).
Pronunciation edit
- (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/
Conjunction edit
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 rinne é ― since he’s the one who did it
Related terms edit
Irish copular forms
Simple copular forms
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Preposition edit
ós
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse *óss (“river mouth”) or Latin ōs, both from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”).
Noun edit
ós m (genitive singular óis, nominative plural óis)
Declension edit
Declension of ós
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 ós”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “ós” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Old Irish edit
Preposition edit
ós
- Alternative form of úas
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ós f
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
ós m pl
Romagnol edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ós m (plural ós)
Further reading edit
- Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 410