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apus

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See also: Apus and APUs

Galician

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Verb

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apus

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of apor

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɒpuʃ]
  • Hyphenation: apus
  • Rhymes: -uʃ

Etymology 1

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apa (father) +‎ -us (diminutive suffix)

Noun

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apus

  1. dad, daddy
Declension
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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative apus apusok
accusative apust apusokat
dative apusnak apusoknak
instrumental apussal apusokkal
causal-final apusért apusokért
translative apussá apusokká
terminative apusig apusokig
essive-formal apusként apusokként
essive-modal
inessive apusban apusokban
superessive apuson apusokon
adessive apusnál apusoknál
illative apusba apusokba
sublative apusra apusokra
allative apushoz apusokhoz
elative apusból apusokból
delative apusról apusokról
ablative apustól apusoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
apusé apusoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
apuséi apusokéi
Possessive forms of apus
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. apusom apusaim
2nd person sing. apusod apusaid
3rd person sing. apusa apusai
1st person plural apusunk apusaink
2nd person plural apusotok apusaitok
3rd person plural apusuk apusaik

Etymology 2

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apu (father) +‎ -s (-like, -related, adjective-forming suffix)

Adjective

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apus (comparative apusabb, superlative legapusabb)

  1. typical or characteristic of dad/daddy
Declension
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Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative apus apusak
accusative apusat apusakat
dative apusnak apusaknak
instrumental apussal apusakkal
causal-final apusért apusakért
translative apussá apusakká
terminative apusig apusakig
essive-formal apusként apusakként
essive-modal
inessive apusban apusakban
superessive apuson apusakon
adessive apusnál apusaknál
illative apusba apusakba
sublative apusra apusakra
allative apushoz apusakhoz
elative apusból apusakból
delative apusról apusakról
ablative apustól apusaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
apusé apusaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
apuséi apusakéi

Further reading

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  • apus in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • apus in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qa(m)pus (come to an end, be destroyed). Compare Sundanese apus (easily go out, extinguished (fire)).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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apus

  1. to extinguish; to put an end to
  2. to delete

Adverb

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apus

  1. breathe for the last time
  2. disappear completely

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἄπους (ápous, footless).

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Noun

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apūs m (genitive apodis); third declension

  1. A martlet, swallow; a kind of bird believed to have no feet.

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative apūs apodēs
genitive apodis apodum
dative apodī apodibus
accusative apodem apodēs
ablative apode apodibus
vocative apūs apodēs

References

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  • apus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • apus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Verb

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apus

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of apor

Romanian

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Etymology

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From the past participle of the verb apune (to fade, set), from Latin apponere. Was the traditional word for "west", but today vest is used as the standard term. Compare also the descendants of Latin ponens in the Western Romance languages, which developed the meaning of "west".

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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apus m or n (feminine singular apusă, masculine plural apuși, feminine and neuter plural apuse)

  1. (of celestial bodies) set
  2. bygone, dead, vanished

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite apus apusă apuși apuse
definite apusul apusa apușii apusele
genitive-
dative
indefinite apus apuse apuși apuse
definite apusului apusei apușilor apuselor

Noun

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apus n (plural apusuri)

  1. (poetic) west
  2. sunset
    Synonym: asfințit
  3. (figurative) decline

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative apus apusul apusuri apusurile
genitive-dative apus apusului apusuri apusurilor
vocative apusule apusurilor

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Coordinate terms

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Native Romanian
miazănoapte
apus răsărit
miazăzi
Borrowed from French/German
nord-vest nord nord-est
vest est
sud-vest sud sud-est

Verb

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apus

  1. past participle of apune

Tausug

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Pronunciation

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  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔapus/ [ʔɑˈpus]
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: a‧pus

Noun

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apus (Sulat Sūg spelling اَفُسْ)

  1. gambling