kös

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kos"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kös (“a heap, a pile”). Compare the Nynorsk kos and kas and a dialectal Swedish kas, possibly related to the Latin agger (“a rampart, a bulwark; a dam; a heap, a pile”), congeriēs (“a heap, a pile, a mass; a collection, an accumulation”) and gerō (“I carry, I bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰœːs/
• Rhymes: -œːs

Noun

kös f (genitive singular kasar, nominative plural kasir)

1. a pile (e.g. of stones, blubber or the like)
2. a heap of fish
3. (computing) a heap; a large pool of unused memory whence dynamic memory is allocated

Declension

Declension of kös (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kös	kösin	kasir	kasirnar
accusative	kös	kösina	kasir	kasirnar
dative	kös	kösinni	kösum	kösunum
genitive	kasar	kasarinnar	kasa	kasanna

Derived terms

• kas-
• kasa

Related terms

• kasta
• kesja
• köstur

See also

• hrúga
• köstur

Anagrams

• sök

Salar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kȫŕ. Cognate to Turkish köz.

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /kʰøs/

Noun

kös (3rd person possessive kösi, plural kösler)

1. hot ashes

Related terms

• gömür

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “kös”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 393
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “kös”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 97
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “kös”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 138
• Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “kös”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 164

Swedish

Noun

kös

1. indefinite genitive singular of kö

Anagrams

• sök, öks

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كوس (kös, küs), from Persian کوس (kôs, “large kettledrum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcøs/

Noun

kös (definite accusative kösü, plural kösler)

1. (archaic) a large kettledrum mostly used in wars

Declension

Declension of kös

singular plural nominative kös kösler definite accusative kösü kösleri dative köse köslere locative köste köslerde ablative kösten köslerden genitive kösün köslerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular kösüm köslerim 2nd singular kösün köslerin 3rd singular kösü kösleri 1st plural kösümüz köslerimiz 2nd plural kösünüz kösleriniz 3rd plural kösleri kösleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular kösümü köslerimi 2nd singular kösünü köslerini 3rd singular kösünü köslerini 1st plural kösümüzü köslerimizi 2nd plural kösünüzü köslerinizi 3rd plural köslerini köslerini dative singular plural 1st singular kösüme köslerime 2nd singular kösüne köslerine 3rd singular kösüne köslerine 1st plural kösümüze köslerimize 2nd plural kösünüze köslerinize 3rd plural köslerine köslerine locative singular plural 1st singular kösümde köslerimde 2nd singular kösünde köslerinde 3rd singular kösünde köslerinde 1st plural kösümüzde köslerimizde 2nd plural kösünüzde köslerinizde 3rd plural köslerinde köslerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular kösümden köslerimden 2nd singular kösünden köslerinden 3rd singular kösünden köslerinden 1st plural kösümüzden köslerimizden 2nd plural kösünüzden köslerinizden 3rd plural köslerinden köslerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular kösümün köslerimin 2nd singular kösünün köslerinin 3rd singular kösünün köslerinin 1st plural kösümüzün köslerimizin 2nd plural kösünüzün köslerinizin 3rd plural köslerinin köslerinin