fos

See also: fós, fős, and fös

English

Noun

fos (uncountable)

1. Initialism of freedom of speech.

Anagrams

• OFs, SFO

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Verb

fos

Etymology 2

From Latin fūsus.

Verb

fos

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Cornish

Noun

fos f (plural fosow)

1. wall

References

• Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pačke like Mansi, Finnish paska and Estonian pask.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoʃ]
• Hyphenation: fos
• Rhymes: -oʃ

Adjective

fos (comparative fosabb, superlative legfosabb)

1. (slang) shitty, worthless

Noun

fos (plural fosok)

1. (vulgar) liquid excrement

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fos	fosok
accusative	fost	fosokat
dative	fosnak	fosoknak
instrumental	fossal	fosokkal
causal-final	fosért	fosokért
translative	fossá	fosokká
terminative	fosig	fosokig
essive-formal	fosként	fosokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fosban	fosokban
superessive	foson	fosokon
adessive	fosnál	fosoknál
illative	fosba	fosokba
sublative	fosra	fosokra
allative	foshoz	fosokhoz
elative	fosból	fosokból
delative	fosról	fosokról
ablative	fostól	fosoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	fosé	fosoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	foséi	fosokéi

Possessive forms of fos
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fosom	fosaim
2nd person sing.	fosod	fosaid
3rd person sing.	fosa	fosai
1st person plural	fosunk	fosaink
2nd person plural	fosotok	fosaitok
3rd person plural	fosuk	fosaik

Related terms

• fosik

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish foss (“rest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠɔsˠ/
• IPA^(key): /fˠʌsˠ/

Noun

fos m (genitive singular fois) (literary)

1. rest, a stop, a halt

   Synonym: sos

2. a prop, buttress, wall

Declension

Declension of fos

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fos Vocative a fhois Genitive fois Dative fos

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fos Genitive an fhois Dative leis an bhfos don fhos

Derived terms

• i bhfos
• lucht fois

Related terms

• abhus
• anois

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fos	fhos	bhfos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 foss, fos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fos”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 332
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Middle English

Noun

fos

1. plural of fo

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔs/

Noun

fos

1. genitive plural of fosa

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Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas. Compare Javanese wos, Malay beras.

Noun

fos

1. husked rice