flus
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See also: fłūs
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]flus
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[edit]Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Early Modern German fluss (“stream”), from fliessen (“to flow”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]flus m inan
- (slightly vulgar) gob of spit, phlegm [16th c.]
- 1902, Vlast[1], volume 19, page 327:
- Když dobytek zapálení plic dostane, tuž nežere, těžce dýchá, na sucho kašle, žluté flusy jdou z nosu jeho, dostane žluté oči a suchý jazyk, […] .
- When the cattle gets pneumonia, they stop feeding, breath with difficulties, have a dry cough, yellow phlegm flows out of the nostrils, get yellow eyes and dry tongue, […] .
Usage notes
[edit]While in historical texts the word is used neutrally, recently it has been viewed as slightly vulgar.
Declension
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “flusat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 192
Further reading
[edit]- “flus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “flus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Faroese
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[edit]Noun
[edit]flus n (genitive singular flus, plural flus)
Declension
[edit]n11 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | flus | flusið | flus | flusini |
accusative | flus | flusið | flus | flusini |
dative | flusi | flusinum | flusum | flusunum |
genitive | flus | flusins | flusa | flusanna |
Maltese
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f-l-s |
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]flus m sg or pl (plural flejjes)
Usage notes
[edit]- The basic sense “money” is now usually construed as a masculine singular, though it may also be construed as a plural. The marked plural flejjes means “several amounts of money”.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]flus
- Alternative form of flees
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