ós

See also: Appendix:Variations of "os"

Catalan

l'ós bru

Etymology

From Latin ursus. Compare Spanish oso, Occitan ors, French ours.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈos]
• Rhymes: -os

Noun

ós m (plural óssos, feminine óssa)

1. bear (mammal)

Derived terms

specific species of bear

• ós blanc
• ós bru
• ós d'Alaska
• ós malai

• ós morrut
• ós negre americà
• ós polar
• ós tibetà

other non-ursine mammals

• ós formiguer

• ós rentador

Further reading

• “ós” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• aos

Etymology

From contraction of preposition a (“to, towards”) + masculine plural definite article os (“the”)

Contraction

ós m pl

1. Alternative spelling of aos

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse *óss, from Proto-Germanic *ōsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”), cognate with Old English ōr, Latin ōs (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ouːs/

Noun

ós f (genitive singular óss, nominative plural ósar)

1. estuary, mouth of the river

Derived terms

• árós
• Blönduós

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Irish

Etymology 1

Contraction of ó (“since”) + is (“is”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːsˠ/, (before é, ea, í, iad and their emphatic equivalents) /oːʃ/
• IPA^(key): /ɔːsˠ/, (before é, ea, í, iad and their emphatic equivalents) /ɔːʃ/

Conjunction

ós

1. since... is

   Ós breá an lá inniu, táimid ag dul go dtí an trá.

   Since it’s a fine day today, we’re going to the beach.

   ós eisean a rinne é ― since he’s the one who did it

Related terms

Irish copular forms

Simple copular forms Present/future Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter. Main clauses is ní an nach Direct relative clauses nach Indirect relative clauses ar, arbv Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbv an nach Past/conditional Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter. Main clauses ba, b’v níor, níorbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv Direct relative clauses ba, abv nár, nárbhv Indirect relative clauses ar, arbhv Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv Present subjunctive Affirmative Negative gura, gurabv nára, nárabv		Compound copular forms Base word Present/future Past/conditional cá cár, cárbv cár, cárbhv cé cér, cérbv cér, cérbhv dá dá mba, dá mb’v de/do dar, darbv dar, darbhv faoi faoinar, faoinarbv faoinar, faoinarbhv i inar, inarbv inar, inarbhv le lenar, lenarbv lenar, lenarbhv má más má ba, má b’v mura mura, murabv murar, murarbhv ó (prep.) ónar, ónarbv ónar, ónarbhv ó (conj.) ós ó ba, ó b’v trí trínar, trínarbv trínar, trínarbhv
v Used before vowel sounds

Preposition

ós

1. Alternative form of ó (used before plural article and before gach)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse *óss (“river mouth”) or Latin ōs, both from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”).

Noun

ós m (genitive singular óis, nominative plural óis)

1. (poetic) mouth

Declension

Declension of ós

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ós óis Vocative a óis a ósa Genitive óis ós Dative ós óis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ós na hóis Genitive an óis na n-ós Dative leis an ós don ós leis na hóis

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ós”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ós”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

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Old Irish

Preposition

ós

1. Alternative form of úas

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /us/

Noun

ós f

1. genitive plural of osa

   Synonym: os

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Portuguese

Noun

ós m pl

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural of noun ó.