Inherited from Latin -ōsus. Compare Occitan -ós, French -eux, Spanish -oso.
-ós (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -osa, masculine plural -osos, feminine plural -oses)
From -ó (present-participle suffix) + -s (adjective-forming suffix).
-ós
| Inflection of -ós | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -ós | -ósak |
| accusative | -ósat -óst |
-ósakat |
| dative | -ósnak | -ósaknak |
| instrumental | -óssal | -ósakkal |
| causal-final | -ósért | -ósakért |
| translative | -óssá | -ósakká |
| terminative | -ósig | -ósakig |
| essive-formal | -ósként | -ósakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | -ósban | -ósakban |
| superessive | -óson | -ósakon |
| adessive | -ósnál | -ósaknál |
| illative | -ósba | -ósakba |
| sublative | -ósra | -ósakra |
| allative | -óshoz | -ósakhoz |
| elative | -ósból | -ósakból |
| delative | -ósról | -ósakról |
| ablative | -óstól | -ósaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
-ósé | -ósaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
-óséi | -ósakéi |
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -ós | -ósok |
| accusative | -óst | -ósokat |
| dative | -ósnak | -ósoknak |
| instrumental | -óssal | -ósokkal |
| causal-final | -ósért | -ósokért |
| translative | -óssá | -ósokká |
| terminative | -ósig | -ósokig |
| essive-formal | -ósként | -ósokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | -ósban | -ósokban |
| superessive | -óson | -ósokon |
| adessive | -ósnál | -ósoknál |
| illative | -ósba | -ósokba |
| sublative | -ósra | -ósokra |
| allative | -óshoz | -ósokhoz |
| elative | -ósból | -ósokból |
| delative | -ósról | -ósokról |
| ablative | -óstól | -ósoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
-ósé | -ósoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
-óséi | -ósokéi |
-ós
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare glúcós (“glucose”).
-ós m
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| -ós | not applicable | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||