eos

See also: Eos, Éos, -eos, EØS, E&Os, έως, ἕως, Ἕως, ἠώς, and Ἠώς

Cornish

Etymology

Related to Breton Eost (“August”).

Noun

eos f (plural eosow)

1. nightingale

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeo̯s/, [ˈeo̯s]
• Rhymes: -eos
• Hyphenation: eos

Etymology 1

From eo (genitive singular of idu). Coined by Estonian linguist Johannes Voldemar Veski in 1925.

Noun

eos (genitive eose, partitive eost)

1. (botany) bud, spore, germ
2. (figurative) precursor, origin

   Synonym: idu

Declension

Declension of eos (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		eos	eosed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	eose
genitive			eoste
partitive		eost	eoseid
illative		eosesse	eostesse eoseisse
inessive		eoses	eostes eoseis
elative		eosest	eostest eoseist
allative		eosele	eostele eoseile
adessive		eosel	eostel eoseil
ablative		eoselt	eostelt eoseilt
translative		eoseks	eosteks eoseiks
terminative		eoseni	eosteni
essive		eosena	eostena
abessive		eoseta	eosteta
comitative		eosega	eostega

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

eos

1. inessive singular of idu

Adverb

eos (not comparable)

1. (figurative) at an early stage

   Idee lämmatati juba eos.

   The idea was already quashed in its infancy.

References

• eos in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “eos”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

Phrase

eos

1. initialism of ei osaa sanoa or en osaa sanoa (“undecided, do not know, cannot say (in forms or surveys)”)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈe.oːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.os]

Pronoun

eōs

1. accusative masculine plural of is

   Facile erat nobis eos superare.

   It was easy for us to overcome them.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e͜oːs/

Noun

ēos

1. genitive singular of eoh

Welsh

eos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː.ɔs/
• Rhymes: -eːɔs

Noun

eos f (plural eosiaid or eosydd or eosau)

1. nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos

Mutation

Mutated forms of eos

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
eos	unchanged	unchanged	heos

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