bos

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

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

bos

  1. plural of bo

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.

Derived terms[edit]

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vos. Cognate to Spanish os and French vous.

Pronoun[edit]

bos

  1. you (second-person plural direct pronoun)
  2. (to) you (second-person plural indirect pronoun)

Synonyms[edit]

Cornish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bos

  1. to be

Conjugation[edit]

  Standard Cornish
Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present
(short)		 Present
(long)		 Future-
Habitual		 Imperfect
(short)		 Imperfect
(long)		 Preterite Conditional Present-
future		 Imperfect
1s ov vy, oma esof vy, eroma bedhaf vy en vy esen vy, eren vy beuv vy bien vy biv vy, byma ben vy -
2s os jy, osta esos jy, esta bedhyth jy, bedhys jy es jy eses jy, eres jy beus jy, beusta bies jy by jy, bosta bes jy, besta bëdh, bÿdh
3s yw ev, ywa yma ev, usy ev, eus bëdh ev, bÿdh ev o ev esa ev, eja ev, era ev beu ev bia ev bo ev be ev bedhes
1p on ny eson ny, eron ny bedhyn ny en ny esen ny, eren ny beun ny bien ny bon ny ben ny bedhyn
2p owgh why esowgh, erowgh why bedhowgh why ewgh why esewgh why, erewgh why bewgh why biewgh why bowgh why bewgh why bedhowgh
3p yns y ymowns y, ymôns y, usons y bedhons y êns y esens y, erens y bowns y biens y bowns y bêns y bedhens
Present participle: ow pos, ow pones
  Standard Written Form
Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present
(short)		 Present
(long)		 Future-
Habitual		 Imperfect
(short)		 Imperfect
(long)		 Preterite Conditional Present-
future		 Imperfect
1s ov vy, o'ma esov vy bydhav vy en vy esen vy beuv vy bien vy biv vy, bon vy ben vy -
2s os jy, os ta esos jy, es ta bydhydh jy es jy eses jy beus jy bies jy bi jy, bos jy bes jy bydh
3s yw ev yma ev, usi ev, eus bydh ev o ev esa ev beu ev bia ev bo ev be ev bedhes
1p on ni eson ni bydhyn ni en ni esen ni beun ni bien ni byn ni, bon ni ben ni bedhyn
2p owgh hwi esowgh hwi bydhowgh hwi ewgh hwi esewgh hwi bewgh hwi biewgh hwi bowgh hwi bewgh hwi bedhowgh
3p yns i ymons i, usons i bydhons i ens i esens i bons i biens i bons i bens i bedhens
0 or eder bedher os eses beus bies ber bes -
Present participle: ow pos
Verbal adjective: (not used)

Mutation[edit]

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

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

bos

  1. (literary) barefoot, barefooted

Synonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • bos in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • bos in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Possibly from Latin buxus (“box tree”).

Noun[edit]

bos m

  1. oak tree

Etymology 2[edit]

Unknown.

Noun[edit]

bos m

  1. thigh, hind quarters

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

bos n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of bo

Dutch[edit]

een bos (n, a forest)

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɔs/
  • audio
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  • Hyphenation: bos
  • Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun[edit]

bos n (plural bossen, diminutive bosje n)

  1. wood, forest
    Zij ging wandelen in de bossen.
    She went walking in the woods.

Noun[edit]

bos m (plural bossen, diminutive bosje n)

  1. bouquet, cluster, bunch
    Hij bracht een bosje bloemen mee.
    He brought me a bouquet of flowers.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: bos
  • → English: bush
  • → Indonesian: bos

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bos m (plural bos)

  1. box (tree)
  2. boxwood

Galician[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bos

  1. masculine plural of bo

Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese vos. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bo.

Pronoun[edit]

bos

  1. you (plural second person)

Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔs]
  • Hyphenation: bos

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch bos (“cluster, bunch”), from Middle Dutch bosch, busch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun[edit]

bos (plural, first-person possessive bosku, second-person possessive bosmu, third-person possessive bosnya)

  1. cluster, bunch.

Etymology 2[edit]

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”). Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”) (> Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”)), Old High German basa ("father's sister, cousin"; > German Base (“aunt, cousin”)).

Noun[edit]

bos (plural bos-bos, first-person possessive bosku, second-person possessive bosmu, third-person possessive bosnya)

  1. boss, leader, head.

Further reading[edit]

Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Declension of bos

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bos bosa
Vocative a bhos a bhosa
Genitive boise bos
Dative bois bosa

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhos na bosa
Genitive na boise na mbos
Dative leis an mbois

don bhois

leis na bosa

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bos bhos mbos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

Kristang[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese vós (“ye”), from Old Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs (“ye”).

Pronoun[edit]

bos

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

See also[edit]

Kristang personal pronouns (edit)
Person Singular Plural
First yo nus
Second bos bolotu
Third eli olotu

References[edit]

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

Ladino[edit]

Noun[edit]

bos f (Latin spelling, plural bozes)

  1. Alternative form of boz

Latin[edit]

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
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bōs (a bull)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Oscan-Umbrian, most likely Sabellic (South Picene) (vs. expected Latin **ūs ~ **vōs), from Proto-Italic *gʷōs; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws, which also gave Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Sanskrit गो (go) (nominative singular gaús), and English cow.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. a cow, bull, 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.
  2. (in the plural) cattle (bovine animals)

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (irregular).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bōs bovēs
Genitive bovis boum
Dative bovī bōbus
būbus
Accusative bovem bovēs
Ablative bove bōbus
būbus
Vocative bōs bovēs

Synonyms[edit]

Hypernyms[edit]

Hyponyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • bos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
  • bos in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
  • bos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • bos in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bos n (definite singular boset, uncountable)

  1. garbage, rubbish, waste
  2. straw for or from a strawbed

Further reading[edit]

Old Frisian[edit]

Ēn bōs.

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bōs m

  1. stall, byre

Descendants[edit]

  • Saterland Frisian: Buus
  • West Frisian: bús

References[edit]

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

Sardinian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

bos (possessive bostru)

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

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bȏs (definite bȏsī, Cyrillic spelling бо̑с)

  1. barefoot

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bȍs or bòs (not comparable)

  1. barefoot

Inflection[edit]

Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. bós bósa bóso
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative bós ind
bósi def 		bósa bóso
accusative nominativeinan or
genitiveanim 		bóso bóso
genitive bósega bóse bósega
dative bósemu bósi bósemu
locative bósem bósi bósem
instrumental bósim bóso bósim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative bósa bósi bósi
accusative bósa bósi bósi
genitive bósih bósih bósih
dative bósima bósima bósima
locative bósih bósih bósih
instrumental bósima bósima bósima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative bósi bóse bósa
accusative bóse bóse bósa
genitive bósih bósih bósih
dative bósim bósim bósim
locative bósih bósih bósih
instrumental bósimi bósimi bósimi
Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. bòs bôsa bôso
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative bòs ind
bôsi def 		bôsa bôso
accusative nominativeinan or
genitiveanim 		bôso bôso
genitive bôsega bôse bôsega
dative bôsemu bôsi bôsemu
locative bôsem bôsi bôsem
instrumental bôsim bôso bôsim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative bôsa bôsi bôsi
accusative bôsa bôsi bôsi
genitive bôsih bôsih bôsih
dative bôsima bôsima bôsima
locative bôsih bôsih bôsih
instrumental bôsima bôsima bôsima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative bôsi bôse bôsa
accusative bôse bôse bôsa
genitive bôsih bôsih bôsih
dative bôsim bôsim bôsim
locative bôsih bôsih bôsih
instrumental bôsimi bôsimi bôsimi

Further reading[edit]

  • “bos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU‎[1], portal Fran

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

bos

  1. indefinite genitive singular of bo

Verb[edit]

bos

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

Synonyms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

English boss

Noun[edit]

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

Synonyms[edit]

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Volapük[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

bos

  1. something

Declension[edit]

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