vos

See also: VOS, vós, vôs, vô, voš, -vos, and v. o. s.

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch vos, from Middle Dutch vos, from Old Dutch fus, vus, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

vos (plural vosse, diminutive vossie)

  1. fox, carnivore of the tribe Vulpini

Derived termsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vōs.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

vos (enclitic, contracted us, proclitic us)

  1. you (plural, direct or indirect object)

DeclensionEdit

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural.
2) Behaves grammatically as third person. 		3) Only as object of a preposition.
4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

DanishEdit

PronounEdit

vos

  1. (dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of os.
    • 1926, Adolph Stender, Skovtrold, Lindhardt og Ringhof (→ISBN)
      Næ, la' vos bare inte skave vos! (...) men saa øver vi vos imens! Naar han ser vos gennem Vindvet, kommer han nok herud ...
    • 1973, Bent Rying, Alice Kennebo, København og Københavns amt
      Han har sæl brunget desse ur te vos; ...
    • 1906, Maglekilde fortæller: humoristiske fortællinger
      Jeg ka' kons mindes een eneste Gang a' han roste vos, – de' var en Da' da han ha'de trukket vos rigtig igjennem i Geveereksersis; — — der var inte en tør Trevl paa vos, saatten ha'de vi maattet hænge i en tre, fire Timmer i et Slav.

DutchEdit

 
Een vos met een prooi. — A fox with its prey.
 
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /vɔs/
  • Audio
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  • Hyphenation: vos
  • Rhymes: -ɔs

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch vos, from Old Dutch fus, vus, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.

NounEdit

vos m (plural vossen, diminutive vosje n, feminine vossin)

  1. fox, carnivore of the tribe Vulpini
  2. red fox specifically, Vulpes vulpes
    Synonyms: gewone vos, rode vos
  3. fox fur
  4. a crafty, ingenious person
    Koen is een lepe vos, die laat zich niet in de luren leggen.
    Conrad is a sly fox who does not allow himself to be hoodwinked.
  5. horse with red or red-brown fur
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Afrikaans: vos

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

VerbEdit

vos

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vossen
  2. imperative of vossen

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French vos, probably from Latin vostros (“your, plural accusative”).

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

vos pl

  1. plural of votre

Related termsEdit

Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person mon1 ma mes
Second person ton1 ta tes
Third person son1 sa ses
Plural First person notre nos
Second person votre2 vos2
Third person leur leurs
1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.

Further readingEdit

GalicianEdit

PronounEdit

vos

  1. inflection of vós:
    1. accusative/dative
    2. reflexive

InterlinguaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vōs (“you, plural”).

PronounEdit

vos

  1. you (plural)

LadinoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Spanish vosotros.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

vos (Latin spelling)

  1. you (formal singular, nominative and accusative)
  2. accusative of vozotros
  3. accusative of vozotras

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Italic *wōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

vōs

  1. you, ye, you all; nominative plural of tū
  2. you, ye, you all; accusative plural of tū

Usage notesEdit

When used in the plural genitive, vestrī is used when it is the object of an action, especially when used with a gerund or gerundive. When used in such a construction, the gerund or gerundive takes on the masculine genitive singular. Vestrum is used as a partitive genitive, used in constructions such as (one of you).

DeclensionEdit

1st and 2nd person personal pronouns declension together with the possessive and reflexive pronouns.
is, ea, id (“he, she, it”) is not included here.

Singular First-person Second-person Reflexive
nominative ego/egō tū —
genitive meī tuī suī
dative mihi/mihī, mī tibi sibi
accusative mē tē sē, sēsē
ablative mē tē sē, sēsē
vocative egō tū —
possessive meus tuus suus
Plural First-person Second-person Reflexive
nominative nōs vōs —
genitive nostrī, nostrum vestrī, vestrum suī
dative nōbīs vōbīs sibi
accusative nōs vōs sē, sēsē
ablative nōbīs vōbīs sē, sēsē
vocative nōs vōs —
possessive noster vester, voster suus

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

See alsoEdit

Latin personal pronouns together with the possessive and reflexive pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative Possessive
Singular First — ego meī mihi mē meus, -a, -um
Second — tū tuī tibi tē tuus, -a, -um
Reflexive third — — suī sibi sē, sēsē suus, -a, -um
Third Masculine is eius eī eum eō eius
Feminine ea eam eā
Neuter id id eō
Plural First — nōs nostrī, nostrum nōbīs nōs nōbīs noster, -tra,
-trum
Second — vōs vestrī, vestrum vōbīs vōs vōbīs vester, -tra,
-trum
Reflexive third — — suī sibi sē, sēsē suus, -a, -um
Third Masculine eī, iī eōrum eīs eōs eīs eōrum
Feminine eae eārum eās eārum
Neuter ea eōrum ea eōrum

ReferencesEdit

LithuanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

vos (not comparable)

  1. hardly

Derived termsEdit

Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch fus, vus, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.

NounEdit

vos m

  1. fox, red fox

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “vos”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “vos”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

OccitanEdit

PronunciationEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan vos, from Latin vōs (“you, plural”).

PronounEdit

vos

  1. to you (second-person plural indirect object pronoun)
  2. yourselves (second-person plural reflexive pronoun)

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vōs (“you, plural”).

PronounEdit

vos

  1. you (second-person plural or second-person singular polite subject pronoun)
  2. your (second-person plural or second-person singular polite possessive pronoun)
  3. yourself (second-person plural or second-person singular polite reflexive pronoun)
  4. you (second-person plural or second-person singular polite object pronoun)
    • circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Cligès':
      qant je vos voi de tel meniere
      when I see you in such a state

DescendantsEdit

Old OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vōs (“you, plural”).

PronounEdit

vos

  1. you (plural or polite form)

DescendantsEdit

PiedmonteseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vōx.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

vos f (plural vos)

  1. voice

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vōs.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

vos

  1. 2nd person plural objective pronoun

See alsoEdit

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
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

SardinianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *yū́ (“you”).

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

vos (possessive vostru)

  1. you (plural), ye
    Synonym: vois, vosateros

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ.

NounEdit

vọ̑s m inan

  1. (obsolete) hair
  2. (obsolete) moustache

Further readingEdit

  • “vos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vōs (“you, plural”), from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

vos

  1. (archaic) An elevated form of you, either singular or plural.
  2. (parts of Latin America, Chavacano-speaking areas in the Philippines) a form of you, singular.
    Synonym: tú

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Spanish personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular yo me mí1
plural masculine2 nosotros nos nosotros
feminine nosotras nosotras
second person singular tuteo tú te ti1
voseo vos vos
formal3 usted le, se4 lo/la5 usted
plural familiar6 masculine2 vosotros os vosotros
feminine vosotras vosotras
formal/general3 ustedes les, se4 los/las5 ustedes
third person singular masculine2 él le, se4 lo él
feminine ella la ella
neuter ello7 lo/la5 ello
plural masculine2 ellos les, se4 los ellos
feminine ellas las ellas
reflexive — se sí1
  1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
  2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
  4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
  5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
  6. Used primarily in Spain
  7. Used only in rare circumstances

Further readingEdit

WalloonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French vos, from Latin vōs (“you, plural”), from Proto-Italic *wōs.

PronounEdit

vos

  1. you (singular)
  2. you (plural)

SynonymsEdit

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