ós

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ós m (plural óssos, feminine óssa)

  1. Pre-2016 spelling of os (bear).

Usage notes

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  • The spelling ós 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.

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From contraction of preposition a (to, towards) + masculine plural definite article os (the).

Pronunciation

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Contraction

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ós m pl (masculine sg ó, feminine sg á, feminine plural ás)

  1. Alternative spelling of aos

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse óss, from Proto-Germanic *ōsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (mouth), cognate with Old English ōr, Latin ōs (mouth).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ós m (genitive singular óss, nominative plural ósar)

  1. estuary, mouth of the river

Declension

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Derived terms

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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Contraction of ó (since) + is (is).

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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ós

  1. since... is
    Ós breá an lá inniu, táimid ag dul go dtí an trá.
    Since it’s a fine day today, we’re going to the beach.
    ós eisean a rinne ésince he’s the one who did it
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Preposition

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ós

  1. Alternative form of ó (used before plural article and before gach)

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse *óss (river mouth) or Latin ōs, both from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (mouth).

Noun

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ós m (genitive singular óis, nominative plural óis)

  1. (poetic) mouth
Declension
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Declension of ós (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ós óis
vocative a óis a ósa
genitive óis ós
dative ós óis
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-ós na hóis
genitive an óis na n-ós
dative leis an ós
don ós
leis na hóis

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Preposition

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ós

  1. Alternative form of úas

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ós f

  1. genitive plural of osa
    Synonym: os

Portuguese

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Noun

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ós m pl

  1. plural of ó

Romagnol

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Etymology

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From Latin ostiu(m) (door).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ós m (plural ós)

  1. door

Further reading

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  • Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 410