losa

See also: lôa, lósa, lòsa, loša, lösa, and losa'

Chickasaw

Etymology

Cognate with Choctaw losa, Alabama loca, Mikasuki looci, Creek lasti

Adjective

losa

1. black

Verb

losa (stative)

1. to be black

Inflection

Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	salosa sa-losa	polosa po-losa	hapolosa hapo-losa
2nd-person (you, you all)	chilosa chi-losa	hachilosa hachi-losa
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	losa	(hoo)losa (hoo-)losa

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• lusa (traditional)

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw losa, Alabama loca, Mikasuki looci, Creek lasti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /losá/

Noun

losa

1. black, blackness
2. smut, soil, blot

Adjective

losa

1. black, dark

Verb

losa

1. to be black

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlosa]

Noun

losa m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of los

Icelandic

Etymology

See laus (“loose”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːsa

Verb

losa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative losaði, supine losað)

1. to loosen

   Synonyms: leysa, losna

2. to extricate, unfasten

   Synonym: leysa

3. to empty

Conjugation

losa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að losa
supine sagnbót		losað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		losandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	losa	losaði		losi	losaði
	þú	losar	losaðir		losir	losaðir
	hann, hún, það	losar	losaði		losi	losaði
plural	við	losum	losuðum		losum	losuðum
	þið	losið	losuðuð		losið	losuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	losa	losuðu		losi	losuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	losa (þú), losaðu
plural	þið	losið (þið), losiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

losast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að losast
supine sagnbót		losast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		losandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	losast	losaðist		losist	losaðist
	þú	losast	losaðist		losist	losaðist
	hann, hún, það	losast	losaðist		losist	losaðist
plural	við	losumst	losuðumst		losumst	losuðumst
	þið	losist	losuðust		losist	losuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	losast	losuðust		losist	losuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	losast (þú), losastu
plural	þið	losist (þið), losisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

losaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	losaður	losuð	losað	losaðir	losaðar	losuð
accusative (þolfall)	losaðan	losaða	losað	losaða	losaðar	losuð
dative (þágufall)	losuðum	losaðri	losuðu	losuðum	losuðum	losuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	losaðs	losaðrar	losaðs	losaðra	losaðra	losaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	losaði	losaða	losaða	losuðu	losuðu	losuðu
accusative (þolfall)	losaða	losuðu	losaða	losuðu	losuðu	losuðu
dative (þágufall)	losaða	losuðu	losaða	losuðu	losuðu	losuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	losaða	losuðu	losaða	losuðu	losuðu	losuðu

Further reading

• “losa” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Irish

Noun

losa m

1. (nonstandard) inflection of lus (“plant, herb”):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

Noun

losa m

1. inflection of los (“point, tip; tail; natural increase, produce; result; terminal”):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “losa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

losa (present tense losar/loser, past tense losa/loste, past participle losa/lost, passive infinitive losast, present participle losande, imperative losa/los)

1. Alternative spelling of lóse
2. Alternative spelling of lòse

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlo.sɑ/, [ˈlo.zɑ]

Verb

losa

1. singular imperative of losian

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

losa (Cyrillic spelling лоса)

1. genitive/accusative singular of lȍs

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lausia, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish or Celtiberian *lausia, from Proto-Celtic *plousā (“stone slab”), of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleus (“to pluck out”) (cognate with Old Norse flus (“peelings”)), or from Proto-Basque *plausa (“stone slab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlosa/ [ˈlo.sa]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: lo‧sa

Noun

losa f (plural losas)

1. flagstone, paving stone, slab, tile (flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone)

   Synonym: baldosa

Verb

losa

1. inflection of losar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “losa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• Hickey & Puppel (1997): Language History and Linguistic Modelling: A Festschrift for Jacek Fisiak on his 60th Birthday, p. 884

Further reading

• “losa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10