mosi

See also: Mosi, mósí, môi, mōši, and mösi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mosi, from Proto-Germanic *musą, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːsɪ/
• Rhymes: -oːsɪ

Noun

mosi m (genitive singular mosa, plural mosar)

1. moss

Declension

Declension of mosi
m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mosi	mosin	mosar	mosarnir
accusative	mosa	mosan	mosar	mosarnar
dative	mosa	mosanum	mosum	mosunum
genitive	mosa	mosans	mosa	mosanna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mosi, from Proto-Germanic *musą. Cognate with Faroese mosi, Danish mose, English moss, German Moos, Dutch mos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːsɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːsɪ

Noun

mosi m (genitive singular mosa, nominative plural mosar)

1. moss

Declension

declension of mosi

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mosi	mosinn	mosar	mosarnir
accusative	mosa	mosann	mosa	mosana
dative	mosa	mosanum	mosum	mosunum
genitive	mosa	mosans	mosa	mosanna

Derived terms

• barnamosi (“sphagnum, peat moss”)
• dýjamosi (“fountain apple-moss, ”)
• gamburmosi (“woolly fringe-moss, ”)
• grámosi (“hoary fringe-moss, ”)
• hreindýramosi (“reindeer moss, Cladonia rangiferina”)
• hvítmosi (“sphagnum, peat moss”)
• mosaburkni (“Wilson's filmy fern, ”)
• mosadýr (“bryozoon, moss animal”)
• mosafræði (“bryology”)
• mosagróinn (“mossgrown”)
• mosagrænn (“moss-green”)
• mosajafni (“lesser clubmoss, ”)
• mosalyng (“moss bell heather, ”)
• mosasteinbrjótur (“mossy saxifrage, ”)
• mosategund (“moss species”)
• mosavaxinn (“mossgrown”)
• mosaþemba (“mossy area”)
• svarðmosi (“sphagnum, peat moss”)

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Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jíkì.

Noun

mosi class 3 (uncountable)

1. smoke

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Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Numeral

mosi

1. one

Usage notes

Used as an abstract value as in "the number one"; when the number is being used as an adjective, use -moja, for counting, use moja.

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Yami

Noun

mosi

1. weevil