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Amos

See also: amos, Amós, Āmos, -amos, and Ámós

English

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Etymology

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From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.məs/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪməs

Proper noun

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Amos

  Book of Amos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  Amos on Wikisource.Wikisource
Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
  3. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  5. (biblical) A prophet, author of the book of Amos.
  6. A surname.
  7. A town in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
  8. A place in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
    2. An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
    3. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Nevada.

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Faroese

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Proper noun

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Amos m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

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Patronymics

  • son of Amos: Amosson or Amosson
  • daughter of Amos: Amosardóttir or Amosdóttir

Declension

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singular
indefinite
nominative Amos
accusative Amos
dative Amosi
genitive Amosar, Amos

French

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Etymology

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The city is named after Alice Gouin (né Amos; 1868–1940), the wife of prime minister of Québec Lomer Gouin (1861–1929).

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Amos m

  1. (biblical) Amos
  2. A city in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.

Derived terms

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German

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Amos m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amos')

  1. Amos
  2. the book of Amos

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

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Amos

  1. (Christianity) Amos
    2. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh
    4. (biblical) A prophet, author of the book of Amos

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Italian

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Etymology

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Possibly from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

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Proper noun

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Amos m

  1. (religion) Amos
  2. book of Amos
  3. a male given name

References

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  1. ^ Amos in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

Anagrams

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Old Czech

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Amos m pers

  1. a male given name

Declension

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Declension of Amos (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative Amos Amosy Amosi, Amosové
genitive Amosa Amosú Amosóv
dative Amosu, Amosovi Amosoma Amosóm
accusative Amosa Amosy Amosy
vocative Amose Amosy Amosi, Amosové
locative Amosu, Amosovi Amosú Amosiech
instrumental Amosem Amosoma Amosy
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Proper noun

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Amos m (genitive Amois)

  1. (biblical) Amos
  2. (biblical) Amos, the thirtieth book of the Old Testament

Coordinate terms

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books of the Protestant Old Testamentedit

Slovak

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Etymology

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Possibly from Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

Proper noun

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Amos m pers

  1. (religion) Amos

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Amós, from Latin Amos, from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

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Amós (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜐ᜔) (religion)

  1. Amos

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Welsh

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Amos m (not mutable)

  1. a male given name from Hebrew עָמוֹס (“to carry a burden”), equivalent to English Amos
  2. (biblical) A prophet, author of the Book of Amos
  3. (biblical) The Book of Amos

Coordinate terms

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books of the Protestant Old Testament: llyfrau'r Hen Destament Protestannaiddedit

References

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Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎[1], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 15

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