fos

See also: fós, fős, fös, and F/Os

English

Noun

fos (uncountable)

1. Initialism of freedom of speech.

See also

• cub fos (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• SOF, SFO, OFs

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfos]

Verb

fos

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ser
2. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ésser

Etymology 2

From Latin fūsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfos]

Participle

fos (feminine fosa, masculine plural fosos, feminine plural foses)

1. past participle of fondre

Etymology 3

From Latin fūsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfɔs]

Noun

fos m (plural fossos)

1. (Alghero) Alternative form of fossa

Cornish

Noun

fos f (plural fosow)

1. wall

References

• Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary

Danish

Alternative forms

• fors (rare)

Etymology

Revived ca. 1750 through Norwegian foss, from Old Norse foss, fors. Cognate with Swedish fors, Faroese fossur, and Icelandic foss.

Noun

fos c (singular definite fossen, plural indefinite fosser or (now rare) fosse)

1. (Norway) waterfall

   Synonym: vandfald

   • 1872, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, “Bjørnejægeren [The Bear Hunter]”, in Fortællinger [Tales], page 359:

     Den var bunden med Jærnlænker, sagde han, og endda havde den slidt over den, som var om Forbenene; han saa tydelig, der var Liv i den, og Blod gik ifra den som en Fos!

     It was bound with iron chains, he said, and yet it had broken the one around its front legs; he saw clearly that it was alive, and blood flowed from it like a waterfall!

   • 1933, Knut Hamsun, Mens livet lever [While Life Plays], pages 276–277:

     Det stod et vaatt Drev og en besk Vind fra Fossen ovenfor, skjønt Solen skinnet var det Veir til Oljehyr og Sydvest.

     There was a wet drift and a bitter wind from the waterfall above, and even if the sun shone, there was weather for an oilskin suit and ou’wester.

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: foss

References

• “fos,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pačke like Northern Mansi пош (poš), Finnish paska and Estonian pask. For the verb sense, see also fosik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoʃ]
• Hyphenation: fos
• Rhymes: -oʃ

Noun

fos (usually uncountable, plural fosok)

2. (vulgar) liquid excrement

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fos	fosok
accusative	fost	fosokat
dative	fosnak	fosoknak
instrumental	fossal	fosokkal
causal-final	fosért	fosokért
translative	fossá	fosokká
terminative	fosig	fosokig
essive-formal	fosként	fosokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fosban	fosokban
superessive	foson	fosokon
adessive	fosnál	fosoknál
illative	fosba	fosokba
sublative	fosra	fosokra
allative	foshoz	fosokhoz
elative	fosból	fosokból
delative	fosról	fosokról
ablative	fostól	fosoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	fosé	fosoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	foséi	fosokéi

Possessive forms of fos
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fosom	fosaim
2nd person sing.	fosod	fosaid
3rd person sing.	fosa	fosai
1st person plural	fosunk	fosaink
2nd person plural	fosotok	fosaitok
3rd person plural	fosuk	fosaik

Adjective

fos (comparative fosabb, superlative legfosabb)

1. (slang) shitty, crappy, trashy, worthless

   Synonyms: ócska, gyatra, silány

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fos	fosok
accusative	fost	fosokat
dative	fosnak	fosoknak
instrumental	fossal	fosokkal
causal-final	fosért	fosokért
translative	fossá	fosokká
terminative	fosig	fosokig
essive-formal	fosként	fosokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fosban	fosokban
superessive	foson	fosokon
adessive	fosnál	fosoknál
illative	fosba	fosokba
sublative	fosra	fosokra
allative	foshoz	fosokhoz
elative	fosból	fosokból
delative	fosról	fosokról
ablative	fostól	fosoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	fosé	fosoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	foséi	fosokéi

Verb

fos

2. (vulgar) Alternative form of fosik (“to pass liquid excrement”)

Usage notes

This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

• fos (…) le, le … fos ― lefos
• and some more, see its derivatives with verbal prefixes.

Conjugation

conjugation of fos

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	fosok	fosol	fos	fosunk	fostok	fosnak
		Def.	fosom	fosod	fossa	fossuk	fossátok	fossák
		2nd-p. o.	foslak	―
	Past	Indef.	fostam	fostál	fosott	fostunk	fostatok	fostak
		Def.	fostam	fostad	fosta	fostuk	fostátok	fosták
		2nd-p. o.	fostalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. fosni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	fosék	fosál	fosa	fosánk	fosátok	fosának
		Def.	fosám	fosád	fosá	fosánk	fosátok	fosák
		2nd-p. o.	fosálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. fos vala, fosott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	fosandok	fosandasz	fosand	fosandunk	fosandotok	fosandanak
		Def.	fosandom	fosandod	fosandja	fosandjuk	fosandjátok	fosandják
		2nd-p. o.	fosandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	fosnék	fosnál	fosna	fosnánk	fosnátok	fosnának
		Def.	fosnám	fosnád	fosná	fosnánk (or fosnók)	fosnátok	fosnák
		2nd-p. o.	fosnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. fosott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	fossak	foss or fossál	fosson	fossunk	fossatok	fossanak
		Def.	fossam	fosd or fossad	fossa	fossuk	fossátok	fossák
		2nd-p. o.	fossalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. fosott légyen
Infinitive	fosni		fosnom	fosnod	fosnia	fosnunk	fosnotok	fosniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	fosás		fosó	fosott	fosandó	fosva (fosván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of fos

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	foshatok	foshatsz	foshat	foshatunk	foshattok	foshatnak
		Def.	foshatom	foshatod	foshatja	foshatjuk	foshatjátok	foshatják
		2nd-p. o.	foshatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	foshattam	foshattál	foshatott	foshattunk	foshattatok	foshattak
		Def.	foshattam	foshattad	foshatta	foshattuk	foshattátok	foshatták
		2nd-p. o.	foshattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	foshaték	foshatál	foshata	foshatánk	foshatátok	foshatának
		Def.	foshatám	foshatád	foshatá	foshatánk	foshatátok	foshaták
		2nd-p. o.	foshatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. foshat vala, foshatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	foshatandok or fosandhatok	foshatandasz or fosandhatsz	foshatand or fosandhat	foshatandunk or fosandhatunk	foshatandotok or fosandhattok	foshatandanak or fosandhatnak
		Def.	foshatandom or fosandhatom	foshatandod or fosandhatod	foshatandja or fosandhatja	foshatandjuk or fosandhatjuk	foshatandjátok or fosandhatjátok	foshatandják or fosandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	foshatandalak or fosandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	foshatnék	foshatnál	foshatna	foshatnánk	foshatnátok	foshatnának
		Def.	foshatnám	foshatnád	foshatná	foshatnánk (or foshatnók)	foshatnátok	foshatnák
		2nd-p. o.	foshatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. foshatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	foshassak	foshass or foshassál	foshasson	foshassunk	foshassatok	foshassanak
		Def.	foshassam	foshasd or foshassad	foshassa	foshassuk	foshassátok	foshassák
		2nd-p. o.	foshassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. foshatott légyen
Inf.	(foshatni)		(foshatnom)	(foshatnod)	(foshatnia)	(foshatnunk)	(foshatnotok)	(foshatniuk)
Positive adjective			fosható	Neg. adj.	foshatatlan	Adv. part.	(foshatva / foshatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

• befos
• belefos
• kifos
• lefos
• összefos

Further reading

• (noun sense): fos in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (verb sense): fos , partly redirecting to fosik in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish foss (“rest”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /fˠɔsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠʌsˠ/

Noun

fos m (genitive singular fois) (literary)

1. rest, a stop, a halt

   Synonym: sos

2. a prop, buttress, wall

Declension

Declension of fos

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fos Vocative a fhois Genitive fois Dative fos

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fos Genitive an fhois Dative leis an bhfos don fhos

Derived terms

• i bhfos
• lucht fois

Related terms

• abhus
• anois

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fos	fhos	bhfos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 foss, fos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fos”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 332
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English first.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fos/

Adjective

fos

1. first
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 4:4:

     Bot im did afi paas chuu Samieriya fos.

     But he had to pass through Samaria first.

Further reading

• fos at majstro.com

Middle English

Noun

fos

1. plural of fo

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔs/

Noun

fos

1. genitive plural of fosa

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas. Compare Javanese wos, Malay beras.

Noun

fos

1. husked rice

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English force.

Noun

fos

1. force