nós
AsturianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
nós
SynonymsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
nós
Usage notesEdit
The spelling nós 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.
DeclensionEdit
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
Indo-PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese nós (“we”), from Old Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).
PronounEdit
nós
- we (first-person plural personal pronoun)
- 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
- Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:
- Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on:
- 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Irish nós (“custom, tradition, precedent”), from a Brythonic language (compare Welsh naws (“nature, disposition”)).
NounEdit
nós m (genitive singular nóis, nominative plural nósanna)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “nós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 nós (‘custom’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Irish nós m (“fame, renown, reputation”).
NounEdit
nós m (genitive singular nóis)
DeclensionEdit
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Further readingEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “nós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 nós (‘fame, renown’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17
MirandeseEdit
PronounEdit
nós
- we (the first-person plural pronoun)
PortugueseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
nós m pl or f pl by sense
- first-person plural nominative personal pronoun: we
- Nós estamos aqui.
- We are here.
- Synonyms: (more informal) a gente, (obsolete) nós outros
- first-person plural prepositional pronoun: us
- Os pássaros voaram até nós.
- The birds flew towards us.
- (Brazil, colloquial, proscribed) first-person plural objective personal pronoun; us
- Ele bateu em nós!
- He hit us!
Usage notesEdit
When the clause features a verb in its first-person plural form, the nominative pronoun nós may be dropped.
The following contraction is usually mandatory in standard usage, but optional when mesmos (“ourselves”) is used for emphasis:
Brazilian speakers who use this pronoun colloquially (instead of a gente) may not make the contraction and use com nós instead. They might also use nós with third-person singular verbs. Such usages are highly proscribed but common.
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:nós.
See alsoEdit
Portuguese personal pronouns (edit) | |||||||||||||
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Number | Person | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct object) |
Dative (indirect object) |
Prepositional | Prepositional with com |
Non-declining | ||||||
m | f | m | f | m and f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |||
Singular | First | eu | me | mim | comigo | ||||||||
Second | tu | te | ti | contigo | você | ||||||||
o senhor | a senhora | ||||||||||||
Third | ele | ela | o (lo, no) |
a (la, na) |
lhe | ele | ela | com ele | com ela | o mesmo | a mesma | ||
se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) |
a gente | |||||||
Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco, com vós | vocês | ||||||||
os senhores | as senhoras | ||||||||||||
Third | eles | elas | os (los, nos) |
as (las, nas) |
lhes | eles | elas | com eles | com elas | os mesmos | as mesmas | ||
se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
Indefinite | se | si | consigo |
Etymology 2Edit
Inflected form of nó (“knot”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nós m
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:nó.
Upper SorbianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
NounEdit
nós m
Further readingEdit
- “nós” in Soblex