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Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun ós m plural óssos feminine óssa
Pre-2016 spelling of os ( “ bear ” )
Usage notes The spelling ós was deprecated in the 2016 spelling reform. The old spelling can still be used for metalinguistic transcriptions, or when the intended meaning is not clear from the context. See Appendix:Catalan orthography .
Galician
Etymology From contraction of preposition a ( “ to, towards ” ) + masculine plural definite article os ( “ the ” ) .
Pronunciation
Contraction ós m pl masculine sg ó feminine sg á feminine plural ás
Alternative spelling of aos
Icelandic
Etymology From Old Norse óss Proto-Germanic *ōsaz Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os ( “ mouth ” ) , cognate with Old English ōr Latin ōs ( “ mouth ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun ós f genitive singular óss nominative plural ósar
estuary , mouth of the river
Derived terms
Irish
Etymology 1 Contraction of ó ( “ since ” ) + is ( “ is ” ) .
Pronunciation
Conjunction ós
since ... is
Ós breá an lá inniu, táimid ag dul go dtí an trá.Since it’s a fine day today, we’re going to the beach. ós eisean a rinne ésince he’s the one who did it
Irish copular forms
Simple copular forms
Present/future
Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
Neg. inter.
Main clauses
is ní an nach
Direct relative clauses
nach
Indirect relative clauses
ar arb v
Other subordinate clauses
gur gurb v an nach
Past/conditional
Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
Neg. inter.
Main clauses
ba b’ v níor níorbh v ar arbh v nár nárbh v
Direct relative clauses
ba ab v
nár nárbh v
Indirect relative clauses
ar arbh v
Other subordinate clauses
gur gurbh v ar arbh v nár nárbh v
Present subjunctive
Affirmative
Negative
gura gurab v nára nárab v
Compound copular forms
Base word
Present/future
Past/conditional
cá cár cárb v cár cárbh v
cé cér cérb v cér cérbh v
dá
dá mba dá mb’ v
de do dar darb v dar darbh v
faoi faoinar faoinarb v faoinar faoinarbh v
i inar inarb v inar inarbh v
le lenar lenarb v lenar lenarbh v
má más má ba má b’ v
mura mura murab v murar murarbh v
ó ( prep. ) ónar ónarb v ónar ónarbh v
ó ( conj. ) ós ó ba ó b’ v
trí trínar trínarb v trínar trínarbh v
v Used before vowel sounds
Preposition ós
Alternative form of ó ( used before plural article and before gach )
Etymology 2 From Old Norse *óss ( “ river mouth ” ) or Latin ōs Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os ( “ mouth ” ) .
Noun ós m genitive singular óis nominative plural óis
( poetic ) mouth
Declension
Further reading Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “ós ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 ós ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959 ) “ós ”, in English-Irish Dictionary , An Gúm
Old Irish
Preposition ós
Alternative form of úas
Polish
Pronunciation IPA (key ) : /ˈus/ Rhymes: -us
Syllabification: ós
Noun ós f
genitive plural of osa Synonym: os
Portuguese
Noun ós m pl
plural of ó
Romagnol
Etymology From Latin ostiu(m) ( “ door ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun ós m plural ós
door
Further reading Masotti, Adelmo (1996 ) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary 410