bos

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Contents 1 Dutch 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 2 Irish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Inflection 3.3.2 Synonyms 3.3.3 Hyponyms 3.3.4 Derived terms 3.3.5 Related terms 3.3.6 Descendants 3.3.7 See also 3.4 References 4 Serbo-Croatian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Adjective 4.3.1 Declension 5 Slovene 5.1 Adjective 6 Swedish 6.1 Noun 6.2 Verb 6.2.1 Synonyms

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Middle Dutch bosch, busch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɔs/
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[edit] Noun

bos n. (plural bossen, diminutive bosje, diminutive plural bosjes)

1. wood, forest

   Zij ging wandelen in de bossen.

   She went walking in the woods.

bos m. (plural bossen, diminutive bosje, diminutive plural bosjes)

1. bouquet, cluster

   Hij bracht een bosje bloemen mee.

   He brought me a bouquet of flowers.

[edit] Derived terms

bebossen bosbes

loofbos naaldbos

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Noun

bos f.

1. palm (of the hand)

[edit] Declension

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bos bosa Vocative a bhos a bhosa Genitive boise bos Dative bos bosa

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhos na bosa Genitive na boise na mbos Dative leis an mbos don bhos leis na bosa

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[edit] Latin

Wikipedia ^la

[edit] Etymology

A borrowing from some Osco-Umbrian language dialect; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōws, which also gave Ancient Greek βοῦς (bous) and Sanskrit गो (go) (nominative singular gaús).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /boːs/
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[edit] Noun

bōs (genitive bovis); m or f, third declension

1. a cow, bull, or ox
   • 98 — Tacitus, Germania, XVIII

     Hoc iuncti boves, hoc paratus equus, hoc data arma denuntiant.

     The yoked oxen, the harnessed steed, the gift of arms, proclaim this fact.

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	bos	bovēs
genitive	bovis	boum
dative	bovī	bobus or bubus
accusative	bovem	bovēs
ablative	bove	bobus or bubus
vocative	bos	bovēs

[edit] Synonyms

• cornigera pl.

[edit] Hyponyms

• taurus m.
• vacca f.

[edit] Derived terms

• Bosporus / Bosphorus
• bovīnor

[edit] Related terms

bovārius bovātim bovicīdium bovilla bovillus bovīnus

būbalus būbīle Būbōna bubsequa būbula bubulcārius

bubulcitō bubulcitor bubulcus būbulīnus būbulus

[edit] Descendants

Catalan: bou, boví English: beef French: bœuf Galician: boi Italian: bove, bue

Portuguese: boi Romanian: bou Romansch: bov Sardinian (Campidanese): boi Sardinian (Nugorese): boe Spanish: buey

[edit] See also

Taxonomy: Bos taurus (domestic cow) on Wikipedia

[edit] References

• “bos” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bôːs/

[edit] Adjective

bȏs (definite bȏsī, Cyrillic spelling бо̑с)

1. barefoot

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Adjective

bos

1. barefoot

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

bos

1. singular genitive indefinite of bo

[edit] Verb

bos

1. See bo

[edit] Synonyms

• bebos