łoś

See also: Łoś and Appendix:Variations of "los"‎

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *olsь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“deer”), whence English elk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɔɕ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

1. moose, Eurasian elk (Alces alces)
2. (colloquial) male moose, male Eurasian elk
3. (colloquial) sucker, naive person

Declension

Declension of łoś

	singular	plural
nominative	łoś	łosie
genitive	łosia	łosi
dative	łosiowi	łosiom
accusative	łosia	łosie
instrumental	łosiem	łosiami
locative	łosiu	łosiach
vocative	łosiu	łosie

Derived terms

• (nouns) łosię, łosina, łosza, łoszak
• (adjectives) łosi, łosiowy

Further reading

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