nosu

See also: носу and ношу

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnosu]

Noun

nosu

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of nos

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɔsu]

Noun

nosu

1. locative singular of nos

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Middle English

Noun

nosu (plural nosan)

1. Alternative form of nose

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Old English

Alternative forms

• neosu, naso

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nusō, from Proto-Indo-European *nās-, lengthened-grade of *nas- (“nose”), *néh₂s-.

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian nose (West Frisian noas), Middle Dutch nōse (Dutch neus), Old High German nasa (German Nase), Old Norse nǫs (Swedish nos).

Other Indo-European cognates: Latin nāsus, Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā), Old Church Slavonic носъ (nosŭ), Serbo-Croatian nos, Lithuanian nósis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.su/, [ˈno.zu]

Noun

nosu f (nominative plural nose or nosa)

1. nose

Declension

Declension of nosu (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	nosu	nosa, nose
accusative	nose	nosa, nose
genitive	nose	nosa
dative	nose	nosum

Related terms

• nase
• næs

Descendants

• Middle English: nose, neose, nese
  • English: nose
  • Scots: nose, nois, nese