apus

See also: Apus and APUs

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒpuʃ]
• Hyphenation: apus
• Rhymes: -uʃ

Etymology 1

apa (“father”) +‎ -us (diminutive suffix)

Noun

apus

1. dad, daddy

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	apus	apusok
accusative	apust	apusokat
dative	apusnak	apusoknak
instrumental	apussal	apusokkal
causal-final	apusért	apusokért
translative	apussá	apusokká
terminative	apusig	apusokig
essive-formal	apusként	apusokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	apusban	apusokban
superessive	apuson	apusokon
adessive	apusnál	apusoknál
illative	apusba	apusokba
sublative	apusra	apusokra
allative	apushoz	apusokhoz
elative	apusból	apusokból
delative	apusról	apusokról
ablative	apustól	apusoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	apusé	apusoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	apuséi	apusokéi

Possessive forms of apus
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	apusom	apusaim
2nd person sing.	apusod	apusaid
3rd person sing.	apusa	apusai
1st person plural	apusunk	apusaink
2nd person plural	apusotok	apusaitok
3rd person plural	apusuk	apusaik

Etymology 2

apu (“father”) +‎ -s (“-like, -related”, adjective-forming suffix)

Adjective

apus (comparative apusabb, superlative legapusabb)

1. typical or characteristic of dad/daddy

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	apus	apusak
accusative	apusat	apusakat
dative	apusnak	apusaknak
instrumental	apussal	apusakkal
causal-final	apusért	apusakért
translative	apussá	apusakká
terminative	apusig	apusakig
essive-formal	apusként	apusakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	apusban	apusakban
superessive	apuson	apusakon
adessive	apusnál	apusaknál
illative	apusba	apusakba
sublative	apusra	apusakra
allative	apushoz	apusakhoz
elative	apusból	apusakból
delative	apusról	apusakról
ablative	apustól	apusaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	apusé	apusaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	apuséi	apusakéi

Further reading

• apus in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• apus in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄπους (ápous, “footless”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.puːs/, [ˈäpuːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pus/, [ˈäːpus]

Noun

apūs m (genitive apodis); third declension

1. A martlet, swallow; a kind of bird believed to have no feet.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	apūs	apodēs
Genitive	apodis	apodum
Dative	apodī	apodibus
Accusative	apodem	apodēs
Ablative	apode	apodibus
Vocative	apūs	apodēs

References

• “apus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• apus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Verb

apus

1. first-person singular preterite of apor

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Romanian

Etymology

From the past participle of the verb apune (“to fade, set”), from Latin apponere. Was the traditional word for "west", but today vest is used as the standard term. Compare also the descendants of Latin ponens in the Western Romance languages, which developed the meaning of "west".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpus/

Adjective

apus m or n (feminine singular apusă, masculine plural apuși, feminine and neuter plural apuse)

1. (of celestial bodies) set
2. bygone, dead, vanished

Declension

Declension of apus

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	apus		apusă	apuși	apuse
	definite	apusul		apusa	apușii	apusele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	apus		apuse	apuși	apuse
	definite	apusului		apusei	apușilor	apuselor

Noun

apus n (plural apusuri)

1. (now uncommon) west
2. sunset
3. (figurative) decline

Declension

Declension of apus

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) apus	apusul	(niște) apusuri	apusurile
genitive/dative	(unui) apus	apusului	(unor) apusuri	apusurilor
vocative	apusule		apusurilor

Synonyms

• (west): vest (standard), occident
• (sunset): asfințit

Antonyms

• (west): răsărit (also somewhat uncommon), est (standard), orient

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) punct cardinal;

Native Romanian
miazănoapte apus răsărit miazăzi
Borrowed from French/German
nord-vest nord nord-est vest est sud-vest sud sud-est

Verb

apus

1. past participle of apune

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Tausug

Noun

apus

1. gambling