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See also: Bos, bōś, bõs, boš, boș, boş, bo's, Bos., and Boś

Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Bosnian or Serbo-Croatian bòsanskī.

Symbol

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bos

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Bosnian.

English

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Noun

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bos

  1. plural of bo

Anagrams

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Achang

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Pronunciation

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  • (Myanmar) /bɔ˧˩/
  • (Lianghe) [pɑ⁵⁵]
  • (Longchuan) [pɔ⁵⁵]
  • (Luxi) [pa³¹]
  • (Xiandao) [pɔ³¹]

Verb

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bos

  1. to have
  2. to accompany, be associated with

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Further reading

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  • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon[1], Payap University, page 13

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Dutch bos, from Middle Dutch bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /bɔs/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

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    bos (plural bosse, diminutive bossie)

    1. wood, forest
    2. bush, shrub
    3. bunch, bundle, sheaf, bouquet
      Hy het vir my 'n bossie blomme gegee.
      He gave me a bunch/bouquet of flowers.

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    Aragonese

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    Pronoun

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    bos

    1. superseded spelling of vos

    Cornish

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    Alternative forms

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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      Suppletive verb:

      Verb

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      bos (irregular)

      1. to be
      2. (Revived Late Cornish, future, preterite or conditional tenses) to have; to get
        My a veu own.
        I was frightened.
        (literally, “I had fright.”)
        Nei via pris da rag an hern.
        We would get a good price for the pilchards.
        Termyn aral hwei vedh moy.
        Another time you will have more.
      Conjugation
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      Conjugation of bos
      singular plural impersonal
      first second third first second third
      indicative present short ov os yw on owgh yns or
      long esov esos yma, eus, usi eson esowgh ymons, esons eder
      future bydhav bythydh bydh bydhyn bydhowgh bydhons bydher
      preterite beuv beus beu beun bewgh bons beus
      simple imperfect short en es o en ewgh ens os
      long esen eses esa esen esewgh esens eses
      habitual imperfect bedhen bedhes bedha bedhen bedhewgh bedhens bedhes
      pluperfect bien bies bia bien biewgh biens bies
      subjunctive present/future biv bi bo byn bowgh bons ber
      imperfect ben bes be ben bewgh bens bes
      imperative - bydh bedhes bedhen bedhewgh bedhens -
      non-finite forms present participle ow pos verbal adjective bedhys*

      yma and ymons are the independent forms − eus, usi and esons are the dependent forms − usi is used with definite subjects, eus is used with indefinite subjects
      *bedhys is only found in compound words − e.g. godhvedhys - ("known")

      Etymology 2

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        From Proto-Brythonic *bod, from Proto-Celtic *butā (hut, cabin). Cognate with Breton bod, Irish and Scottish Gaelic both, and Welsh bod.

        Noun

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        bos f (plural bosow)

        1. abode, dwelling
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        • bosik (small habitation)
        • boslan (plantation)

        Etymology 3

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          Presumably from English bush.

          Noun

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          bos m (plural bosow)

          1. bush
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          Mutation

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          Mutation of bos
          unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
          bos vos unchanged pos fos vos

          Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
          All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

          Czech

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          Adjective

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          bos

          1. (literary) short masculine singular of bosý
            Synonym: bosky

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          Dalmatian

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          Etymology 1

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          Possibly from Latin buxus (box tree).

          Noun

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          bos m

          1. oak tree

          Etymology 2

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          Unknown.

          Noun

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          bos m

          1. thigh, hind quarters

          Danish

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          Noun

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          bos n

          1. indefinite genitive singular of bo

          Dutch

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          een bos (n, a forest)

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          Etymology

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            Inherited from Middle Dutch bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

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            Noun

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            bos n (plural bossen, diminutive bosje n)

            1. wood, forest
              Zij ging wandelen in de bossen.She went walking in the woods.
            2. (Suriname) jungle, tropical rainforest
              • 2013, Scrappy W, “Super Saamaka”:
                Ik woon in de stad en ik kom uit het bos / Toerisme gestudeerd en ik ben tevens kok / Mensen vinden me tof, grof, onbeschoft / en respect voor mijn buurvrouw want die noemt me os
                I live in the city and I'm from the jungle / Studied tourism and I am also a cook / People think I am harsh, rude, uncouth / and respect for my neighbour because she calls me an ox

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            Noun

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            bos m (plural bossen, diminutive bosje n)

            1. bunch, bouquet
              Voor het recept hebben we een bosje radijzen nodig.We need a bunch of radishes for the recipe.
              Hij bracht een bosje bloemen mee.He brought me a bouquet of flowers.

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            Descendants

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            • Afrikaans: bos
            • Berbice Creole Dutch: bosi
            • Negerhollands: boesch, bosch
            • Aukan: bosu
            • Caribbean Javanese: bos (bunch, bundle)
            • English: bush
            • ? Guyanese Creole English: bush
            • Indonesian: bos
            • Papiamentu: bòshi, bosji (from the diminutive)
            • Sranan Tongo: bosu (bunch, bundle)
            • Sranan Tongo: busi (forest)
              • Caribbean Javanese: busi
              • Kwinti: busi
              • Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: busi

            Friulian

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            Etymology

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            From Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).

            Noun

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            bos m (plural bos)

            1. box (tree)
            2. boxwood

            Galician

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            Adjective

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            bos

            1. masculine plural of bo

            Guinea-Bissau Creole

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            Etymology

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            From Portuguese vos. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bo.

            Pronoun

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            bos

            1. you (plural second person)

            Indonesian

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            Pronunciation

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            Etymology 1

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              Borrowed from Dutch bos, from Middle Dutch bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

              Noun

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              bos (plural bos-bos)

              1. cluster, bunch

              Etymology 2

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              From English boss, from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (master of a household, friend), from Old Dutch *baso (uncle, kinsman), from Proto-Germanic *baswô, masculine form of Proto-Germanic *baswǭ (father's sister, aunt, cousin). Doublet of bas.

              Noun

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              bos (plural bos-bos or para bos)

              1. boss, leader, head
                Synonyms: atasan, mandor, pemborong, pembesar, kepala

              Etymology 3

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              Borrowed from Dutch bus (bushing), from Middle Dutch busse, from Old Dutch *bussa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (box, casket), from Late Latin buxis (box), from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, box).

              Noun

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              bos (plural bos-bos)

              1. (mechanical engineering) bushing (type of bearing to reduce friction)

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              Irish

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              Alternative forms

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              Etymology

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              From Old Irish bas, bos (palm),[1] from Proto-Celtic *bostā (palm, fist) (compare Breton boz (hollow of the hand)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosto-, *gʷosdʰo- (branch).

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              Noun

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              bos f (genitive singular boise, nominative plural bosa)

              1. (anatomy) palm of the hand
                Synonym: dearna
              2. (hurling) the flattened, curved end of a hurley

              Declension

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              Declension of bos (second declension)
              bare forms
              singular plural
              nominative bos bosa
              vocative a bhos a bhosa
              genitive boise bos
              dative bois bosa
              forms with the definite article
              singular plural
              nominative an bhos na bosa
              genitive na boise na mbos
              dative leis an mbois
              don bhois
              leis na bosa

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              Mutation

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              Mutated forms of bos
              radical lenition eclipsis
              bos bhos mbos

              Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
              All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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              1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
              2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 350, page 120

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              Karakalpak

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              Etymology

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              From Proto-Turkic *boĺ.

              Adjective

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              bos

              1. empty

              References

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              • N. A. Baskakov, editor (1958), “бос”, in Karakalpaksko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Karakalpak-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Akademija Nauk Uzbekskoj SSR, →ISBN

              Kristang

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              Etymology

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              From Portuguese vós (ye), from Old Galician-Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs (ye).

              Pronoun

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              bos

              1. you; thou (second-person singular personal pronoun)[1]

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              Kristang personal pronouns
              singular plural
              first person yo nus
              second person bos bolotu
              third person eli olotu

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              1. ^ 2010, Ladislav Prištic, Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa, Masaryk University, page 26.

              Ladino

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              Noun

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              bos f (plural bozes)

              1. alternative form of boz

              Latin

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               bos (genus) on Latin Wikipedia
               bos taurus on Latin Wikipedia
              bōs (a bull)

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              Etymology

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                Irregular, for the expected **vōs/**ūs, accusative **vom, oblique stem **vov-, from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws, which also gave Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Sanskrit गो (go) (nominative singular gaúḥ), and English cow.

                Most likely a borrowing from Sabellic (Oscan-Umbrian), attested as Umbrian bum (acc.sg.), bue (abl.sg.), buo (gen.pl.), buf (acc.pl.) all spelling /bō-/. This was likely motivated by the fact that the expected form would have produced an undesirable homonymic clash: with vōs (you) in the nominative and with ovis (sheep) in the oblique. It's unclear whether the borrowing included the entire paradigm, or just the initial consonant.

                Pronunciation

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                Noun

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

                1. head of cattle (cow, bull, steer, or ox)
                  • c. 98 CE, Tacitus, Germania 18:
                    Hoc iuncti boves, hoc paratus equus, hoc data arma denuntiant.
                    The yoked oxen, the harnessed steed, the gift of arms, proclaim this fact.

                Declension

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                Third-declension noun (irregular).

                1Old Latin.

                • The medial /w/ is often found spelled B, normally not spelled in the form boum, and is sometimes lost in the forms bo(v)e and bo(v)ēs.

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                Further reading

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                • bos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
                • bos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
                • "bos", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
                • bos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
                • On Latin bōs”, in laohutiger.wordpress.com, 2 January 2012, retrieved 16 June 2021

                Norwegian Nynorsk

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                Etymology

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                (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

                Compare Swedish boss (bed straw). May be related to dialectal butl. First attested in 1646 by Christen Jenssøn in Askvoll, later also by Jacob Laugesen Bork (1698), by Erik Pontoppidan (1748), Børre Henrich Rachløw (1770), Søren Richart Hagerup (1770-s) and Jacob Nicolai Wilse (1780). Note that this word found in glossaries of Bork and Hagerup is probably from Trøndelag dialect, despite their glossaries were made primary for other dialects.

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                bos n (definite singular boset, uncountable)

                1. (Western and Southern Norway) garbage, rubbish, waste
                  Synonyms: avfall, søppel
                2. straw for or from a strawbed
                3. (Trøndelag) dust, rubbish

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                Old Frisian

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                Ēn bōs.

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                From Proto-West Germanic *bans, from Proto-Germanic *bansaz (stall), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (to bind). Cognates include Old English *bōs, Old Saxon *bōs and Old Norse báss.

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                bōs m

                1. stall, byre

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                • Saterland Frisian: Buus
                • West Frisian: bús

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                • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

                Old Irish

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                bos f

                1. alternative form of bas (palm)

                Declension

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                Feminine ā-stem
                singular dual plural
                nominative bosL boisL, bois(s) bossaH
                vocative bosL boisL, bois(s) bossaH
                accusative boisN, bois(s) boisL, bois(s) bossaH
                genitive boiseH, boise bosL bosN
                dative boisL, bois(s) bossaib bossaib
                Initial mutations of a following adjective:
                • H = triggers aspiration
                • L = triggers lenition
                • N = triggers nasalization

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                Mutation of bos
                radical lenition nasalization
                bos bos
                pronounced with /β-/
                mbos

                Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
                All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

                Romanian

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                Noun

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                bos m (plural boși)

                1. alternative form of boss

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                singular plural
                indefinite definite indefinite definite
                nominative-accusative bos bosul boși boșii
                genitive-dative bos bosului boși boșilor
                vocative bosule boșilor

                Sardinian

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                Alternative forms

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                Etymology

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                From Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *yúHs (you).

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                Pronoun

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                bos (possessive bostru)

                1. you (plural), ye
                  Synonyms: bois, bosateros

                Serbo-Croatian

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                Etymology

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                Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

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                bȏs (Cyrillic spelling бо̑с, definite bȏsī)

                1. barefoot

                Declension

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                indefinite forms
                singular masculine feminine neuter
                nominative bos bosa boso
                genitive bosa bose bosa
                dative bosu bosoj bosu
                accusative inanimate
                animate
                bos
                bosa
                bosu boso
                vocative bos bosa boso
                locative bosu bosoj bosu
                instrumental bosim bosom bosim
                plural masculine feminine neuter
                nominative bosi bose bosa
                genitive bosih bosih bosih
                dative bosim(a) bosim(a) bosim(a)
                accusative bose bose bosa
                vocative bosi bose bosa
                locative bosim(a) bosim(a) bosim(a)
                instrumental bosim(a) bosim(a) bosim(a)
                definite forms
                singular masculine feminine neuter
                nominative bosi bosa boso
                genitive bosog(a) bose bosog(a)
                dative bosom(u/e) bosoj bosom(u/e)
                accusative inanimate
                animate
                bosi
                bosog(a)
                bosu boso
                vocative bosi bosa boso
                locative bosom(e/u) bosoj bosom(e/u)
                instrumental bosim bosom bosim
                plural masculine feminine neuter
                nominative bosi bose bosa
                genitive bosih bosih bosih
                dative bosim(a) bosim(a) bosim(a)
                accusative bose bose bosa
                vocative bosi bose bosa
                locative bosim(a) bosim(a) bosim(a)
                instrumental bosim(a) bosim(a) bosim(a)

                Slovene

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                Etymology

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                From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

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                Adjective

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                bȍs or bòs (not comparable)

                1. barefoot

                Declension

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                The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
                Hard
                masculine feminine neuter
                nom. sing. bós bósa bóso
                singular
                masculine feminine neuter
                nominative bós ind
                bósi def
                bósa bóso
                genitive bósega bóse bósega
                dative bósemu bósi bósemu
                accusative nominativeinan or
                genitive
                anim
                bóso bóso
                locative bósem bósi bósem
                instrumental bósim bóso bósim
                dual
                masculine feminine neuter
                nominative bósa bósi bósi
                genitive bósih bósih bósih
                dative bósima bósima bósima
                accusative bósa bósi bósi
                locative bósih bósih bósih
                instrumental bósima bósima bósima
                plural
                masculine feminine neuter
                nominative bósi bóse bósa
                genitive bósih bósih bósih
                dative bósim bósim bósim
                accusative bóse bóse bósa
                locative bósih bósih bósih
                instrumental bósimi bósimi bósimi
                The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
                Hard
                masculine feminine neuter
                nom. sing. bòs bôsa bôso
                singular
                masculine feminine neuter
                nominative bòs ind
                bôsi def
                bôsa bôso
                genitive bôsega bôse bôsega
                dative bôsemu bôsi bôsemu
                accusative nominativeinan or
                genitive
                anim
                bôso bôso
                locative bôsem bôsi bôsem
                instrumental bôsim bôso bôsim
                dual
                masculine feminine neuter
                nominative bôsa bôsi bôsi
                genitive bôsih bôsih bôsih
                dative bôsima bôsima bôsima
                accusative bôsa bôsi bôsi
                locative bôsih bôsih bôsih
                instrumental bôsima bôsima bôsima
                plural
                masculine feminine neuter
                nominative bôsi bôse bôsa
                genitive bôsih bôsih bôsih
                dative bôsim bôsim bôsim
                accusative bôse bôse bôsa
                locative bôsih bôsih bôsih
                instrumental bôsimi bôsimi bôsimi

                Further reading

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                • bos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

                Swedish

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                Noun

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                bos

                1. indefinite genitive singular of bo

                Verb

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                bos

                1. passive infinitive of bo
                2. present passive of bo

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                Tagalog

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                Alternative forms

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                Etymology

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                Borrowed from English boss.

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                Noun

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                bos (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐ᜔) (colloquial)

                1. boss, chief, head
                  Synonyms: hepe, puno
                2. a male term of address

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                Further reading

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                • boss”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

                Tok Pisin

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                Etymology

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                From English boss.

                Noun

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                bos

                1. boss, overseer, master
                  • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:26:
                    Bihain God i tok olsem, “Nau yumi wokim ol manmeri bai ol i kamap olsem yumi yet. Bai yumi putim ol i stap bos bilong ol pis na ol pisin na bilong olgeta kain animal na bilong olgeta samting bilong graun.”
                    →New International Version translation

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                Volapük

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                Pronoun

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                bos

                1. something

                Declension

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                Declension of bos
                singular plural
                nominative bos boss
                genitive bosa bosas
                dative bose boses
                accusative bosi bosis