kós

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kos"

English

Noun

kós (plural kósses or kós)

1. Alternative spelling of coss.
   • 1857, Brian Houghton Hodgson, Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal, No. XXVII: Papers Relative to the Colonization, Commerce, Physical Geography, &c., &c., of the Himalaya Mountains and Nepal, pp. 85–86:

     ... the distances (computed by marching-time as well as by reference to the Népálese kós of 2⅓ miles each) ... The total distance from Káthmándú to Pekin, according to the Káji, is 1,268½ kós; according to the Chountra, 1,250 kós ...

Faroese

Noun

kós f (genitive singular kósar, plural kósir)

1. deepening, hollow, little valley
2. little creek

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kós	kósin	kósir	kósirnar
accusative	kós	kósina	kósir	kósirnar
dative	kós	kósini	kósum	kósunum
genitive	kósar	kósarinnar	kósa	kósanna

Noun

kós f (genitive singular kósar, plural kósir)

1. (nautical) course

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kós	kósin	kósir	kósirnar
accusative	kós	kósina	kósir	kósirnar
dative	kós	kósini	kósum	kósunum
genitive	kósar	kósarinnar	kósa	kósanna

Noun

kós f (genitive singular kósar, plural kósir)

1. (nautical) hole with iron ring in a sail

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kós	kósin	kósir	kósirnar
accusative	kós	kósina	kósir	kósirnar
dative	kós	kósini	kósum	kósunum
genitive	kósar	kósarinnar	kósa	kósanna

Lower Sorbian

kós

Alternative forms

• kos (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kosъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian kós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɨs/, /kɛs/, (dated) /kʊs/

Noun

kós m anim

1. blackbird (Turdus merula)

Declension

Declension of kós

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kós	kósa	kóse
Genitive	kósa	kósowu	kósow
Dative	kósoju	kósoma	kósam
Accusative	kósa	kósowu	kóse, kósow
Instrumental	kósom	kósoma	kósami
Locative	kósu	kósoma	kósach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kós”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kós”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag