nós
Asturian Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronoun Edit
nós
Synonyms Edit
Catalan Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
nós
Usage notes Edit
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.
Declension Edit
Galician Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
Indo-Portuguese Edit
Etymology Edit
From Portuguese nós (“we”), from Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).
Pronoun Edit
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:
Irish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old Irish nós (“custom, tradition, precedent”), from a Brythonic language (compare Welsh naws (“nature, disposition”)).
Noun Edit
nós m (genitive singular nóis, nominative plural nósanna)
Declension Edit
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- 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 2 Edit
From Old Irish nós m (“fame, renown, reputation”).
Noun Edit
nós m (genitive singular nóis)
Declension Edit
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Further reading Edit
- 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
References Edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 68
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17
Mirandese Edit
Pronoun Edit
nós
- we (the first-person plural pronoun)
Portuguese Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
nós m pl or f pl by sense
- first-person plural nominative personal pronoun: we
- Synonyms: (informal) a gente, (obsolete) nós outros
- Nós estamos aqui.
- We are here.
- 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 notes Edit
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.
Quotations Edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:nós.
See also Edit
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 2 Edit
Inflected form of nó (“knot”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
nós m
Quotations Edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:nó.
Upper Sorbian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Noun Edit
nós m
Further reading Edit
- “nós” in Soblex