bos

See also Bos

Afrikaans

Noun

bos (plural bosse, diminutive bossie, diminutive plural bossies)

1. wood, forest
2. bush, shrub
3. bunch, bundle, sheaf, bouquet

   Hy het vir my 'n bossie blomme gegee

   He gave me a bunch/bouquet of flowers

Derived terms

bosbedryf bosbeheer bosbestuur bosbewaring

bosbewoner bosveld boswagter boswerker

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Dalmatian

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

bos m.

1. oak tree

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

bos m.

1. thigh, hind quarters

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Danish

Noun

bos n.

1. genitive singular indefinite of bo

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Dutch

een bos (n., a forest)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bosch, busch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun

bos n. (plural bossen, diminutive bosje)

1. wood, forest

   Zij ging wandelen in de bossen.

   She went walking in the woods.

bos m. (plural bossen, diminutive bosje)

1. bouquet, cluster, bunch

   Hij bracht een bosje bloemen mee.

   He brought me a bouquet of flowers.

Derived terms

bebossen bosbes

loofbos naaldbos

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Irish

Noun

bos f.

1. (anatomy) palm of the hand

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bos	bhos	mbos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Ladino

Noun

bos f. (Latin spelling; plural bozes)

1. Alternative form of boz.

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Latin

Wikipedia ^la

bōs (a bull)

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).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /boːs/

• Audio (Classical)

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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.

Inflection

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

Synonyms

• cornigera pl.

Hyponyms

• taurus m.
• vacca f.

Derived terms

boārius Bosporus / Bosphorus bovārius bovātim bovicīdium bovillus bovīnus

bovīnor būbīle Būbōna bubsequa būbulīnus būbulus

Related terms

bovilla būbalus būbula

bubulcārius bubulcitō bubulcus

Descendants

Aromanian: bou Campidanese Sardinian: boi Catalan: bou, boví Dalmatian: bu English: beef French: bœuf Galician: boi

Italian: bove, bue Portuguese: boi Romanian: bou Romansch: bov Sardinian: boe Spanish: buey

See also

Taxonomy: Bos taurus (domestic cow) on Wikipedia

References

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bôːs/

Adjective

bȏs (definite bȏsī, Cyrillic spelling бо̑с)

1. barefoot

Declension

    indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bos	bosa	boso
genitive		bosa	bose	bosa
dative		bosu	bosoj	bosu
accusative	inanimate animate	bos bosa	bosu	boso
vocative		bos	bosa	boso
locative		bosu	bosoj	bosu
instrumental		bosim	bosom	bosim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bosi	bose	bosa
genitive		bosih	bosih	bosih
dative		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)
accusative		bose	bose	bosa
vocative		bosi	bose	bosa
locative		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)
instrumental		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)

    definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bosi	bosa	boso
genitive		bosog(a)	bose	bosog(a)
dative		bosom(u/e)	bosoj	bosom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	bosi bosog(a)	bosu	boso
vocative		bosi	bosa	boso
locative		bosom(e/u)	bosoj	bosom(e/u)
instrumental		bosim	bosom	bosim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bosi	bose	bosa
genitive		bosih	bosih	bosih
dative		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)
accusative		bose	bose	bosa
vocative		bosi	bose	bosa
locative		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)
instrumental		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)

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Slovene

Adjective

bos

1. barefoot

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Swedish

Noun

bos

1. indefinite possessive singular of bo

Verb

bos

1. infinitive passive of bo.
2. present tense passive of bo.

Synonyms

• bebos

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Volapük

Pronoun

bos

1. something

Declension

    declension of bos

	singular	plural
nominative	bos	boss
genitive	bosa	bosas
dative	bose	boses
accusative	bosi	bosis