nosu

See also: носу and ношу

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnosu]

Noun

nosu

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of nos

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nosso, from Latin noster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnosu/
• Rhymes: -osu
• Syllabification: no‧su

Determiner

nosu m sg (feminine nosa, masculine plural nosus, feminine plural nosas)

1. First-person plural possessive determiner; our

Pronoun

nosu m sg (feminine nosa, masculine plural nosus, feminine plural nosas)

1. First-person plural possessive pronoun; ours

See also

Fala possessive determiners and pronouns

			possessee
			singular		plural
			masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
possessor	first person	singular	mei	miña	meis	miñas
		plural	nosu	nosa	nosus	nosas
	second person	singular	tei	túa, tu1	teis	túas, tus1
		plural	vosu	vosa	vosus	vosas
	third person		sei	súa, su1	seis	súas, sus1

¹ Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɔsu]

Noun

nosu

1. locative singular of nos

Middle English

Noun

nosu (plural nosan)

1. Alternative form of nose

Old English

Picture dictionary

nosu

heafodban

brægn

eage

lippa

nosu

muþ

cinn

ceoce

eare

þunwange

heals

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Alternative forms

• neosu

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nosu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.su/, [ˈno.zu]

Noun

nosu f

1. nose
2. a ness

Declension

Strong u-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	nosu	nosa
accusative	nosu	nosa
genitive	nosa	nosa
dative	nosa	nosum

Often inflected as an ō-stem as well: Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	nosu	nosa, nose
accusative	nose	nosa, nose
genitive	nose	nosa
dative	nose	nosum

Derived terms

• nosþyrel

Related terms

• nase
• nasu
• næs
• nose

Descendants

• Middle English: nose, neose, noose, nosse, nos, nosu
  • English: nose
  • Scots: nos, nose, nois