agos
See also: aĝos
EsperantoEdit
VerbEdit
agos
- future of agi
IdoEdit
VerbEdit
agos
- future of agar
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus.
NounEdit
agos
- current (water)
Derived termsEdit
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
Perhaps related to Old Irish ocus (“near”),[1] in which case from Proto-Celtic *onkus (“near”), or to the prefix ad- (“to, near”).[2]
PronunciationEdit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaɡɔs/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaːɡɔs/, /ˈaɡɔs/
AdjectiveEdit
agos (feminine singular agos, plural agos, equative agosed or nesed, comparative agosach or nes, superlative agosaf or nesaf)
- near, close
- Wyt ti'n byw’n agos i Gasnewydd?
- Do you live near Newport?
- imminent, impending, nigh
- close, intimate
- Dydy hi ddim yn agos at ei thad.
- She isn't close to her father.
MutationEdit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| agos | unchanged | unchanged | hagos |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
ReferencesEdit
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950-), “agos”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ J. Morris Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative (Oxford 1913), § 222 i (3)