pós

See also: pos, POS, pòs, and pôs

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish pósaid, from Latin spōnsus (“betrothed”), from spondeō.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /pˠoːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /pˠɔːsˠ/

Verb

pós (present analytic pósann, future analytic pósfaidh, verbal noun pósadh, past participle pósta)

1. (transitive, intransitive) marry
   • 1894 March 1, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:

     Chonnaic sé cailín ag nigheachán i sruthán le cois an bhealaigh mhóir ⁊ chuir sé an tiománach síos ag fiafraighe di a’ bpósfadh sí é. […] Chuaidh an rí é féin síos annsin ⁊ d’fhiafraigh dhi a’ bpósfadh sí é.

     He saw a girl washing in a stream by the roadside, and he sent his driver down to ask her if she would marry him. […] The king himself then went down, and asked her would she marry him.

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	pósaim	pósann tú; pósair†	pósann sé, sí	pósaimid	pósann sibh	pósann siad; pósaid†	a phósann; a phósas / a bpósann*; a bpósas*	póstar
	past	phós mé; phósas	phós tú; phósais	phós sé, sí	phósamar; phós muid	phós sibh; phósabhair	phós siad; phósadar	a phós / ar phós*	pósadh
	past habitual	phósainn / bpósainn‡‡	phóstá / bpóstᇇ	phósadh sé, sí / bpósadh sé, s퇇	phósaimis; phósadh muid / bpósaimis‡‡; bpósadh muid‡‡	phósadh sibh / bpósadh sibh‡‡	phósaidís; phósadh siad / bpósaidís‡‡; bpósadh siad‡‡	a phósadh / a bpósadh*	phóstaí / bpósta퇇
	future	pósfaidh mé; pósfad	pósfaidh tú; pósfair†	pósfaidh sé, sí	pósfaimid; pósfaidh muid	pósfaidh sibh	pósfaidh siad; pósfaid†	a phósfaidh; a phósfas / a bpósfaidh*; a bpósfas*	pósfar
conditional		phósfainn / bpósfainn‡‡	phósfá / bpósfᇇ	phósfadh sé, sí / bpósfadh sé, s퇇	phósfaimis; phósfadh muid / bpósfaimis‡‡; bpósfadh muid‡‡	phósfadh sibh / bpósfadh sibh‡‡	phósfaidís; phósfadh siad / bpósfaidís‡‡; bpósfadh siad‡‡	a phósfadh / a bpósfadh*	phósfaí / bpósfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go bpósa mé; go bpósad†	go bpósa tú; go bpósair†	go bpósa sé, sí	go bpósaimid; go bpósa muid	go bpósa sibh	go bpósa siad; go bpósaid†	—	go bpóstar
	past	dá bpósainn	dá bpóstá	dá bpósadh sé, sí	dá bpósaimis; dá bpósadh muid	dá bpósadh sibh	dá bpósaidís; dá bpósadh siad	—	dá bpóstaí
imperative		pósaim	pós	pósadh sé, sí	pósaimis	pósaigí; pósaidh†	pósaidís	—	póstar
verbal noun		pósadh
past participle		pósta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pós	phós	bpós
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “pósaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “pósaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 549
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “pós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “pós”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ(j)s/ [ˈpɔ(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ(j)s/ [ˈpɔ(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ(j)ʃ/ [ˈpɔ(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʃ/

Noun

pós f (plural poses)

1. Clipping of pós-graduação.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʃ/

Noun

pós m

1. plural of pó

Etymology 3

Verb

pós

1. Obsolete spelling of pôs

Wiyot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ́s/
• Hyphenation: pós

Noun

pós (locative posòkw)

1. basket plate

Declension

Possessive declension of pós (alienable)
Unpossessed	First-person	Second-person	Third-person	Indefinite person
pós	dupós	khupós	huposáhl	huposìk

References

• Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 79