bos

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[edit] Dutch

een bos (n., a forest)

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From Middle Dutch bosch, busch

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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.

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bos f.

  1. palm (of the hand)

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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

[edit] Latin

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bōs (a bull)

[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).

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[edit] Noun

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

  1. a cow, bull, or ox
    • 98Tacitus, 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

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[edit] Descendants

  • 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)

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bôːs/

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bȏs (definite bȏsī, Cyrillic spelling бо̑с)

  1. barefoot

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Adjective

bos

  1. barefoot

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

bos

  1. singular genitive indefinite of bo

[edit] Verb

bos

  1. See bo

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