Amos

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See also: amos, Amós, Āmos, -amos, and Ámós

English

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Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, to carry; a burden).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.məs/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪməs

Proper noun

Amos

Book of Amos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Amos on Wikisource.Wikisource
Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
  2. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  3. (biblical) A prophet, author of the book of Amos.
  4. A surname.
  5. A town in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
  6. A place in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
    2. An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
    3. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Nevada.

Translations

Anagrams

Faroese

Proper noun

Amos m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Amos: Amosson or Amosson
  • daughter of Amos: Amosardóttir or Amosdóttir

Declension

singular
indefinite
nominative Amos
accusative Amos
dative Amosi
genitive Amosar, Amos

French

Etymology

The city is named after Alice Gouin (né Amos; 1868–1940), the wife of prime minister of Québec Lomer Gouin (1861–1929).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amos m

  1. (biblical) Amos
  2. A city in Abitibi, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.

Derived terms

German

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amos m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amos')

  1. Amos
  2. the book of Amos

Italian

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Etymology

Possibly from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, to carry; a burden).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amos m

  1. (religion) Amos
  2. book of Amos
  3. a male given name

References

  1. ^ Amos in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

Anagrams

Old Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amos m pers

  1. a male given name

Declension

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Amos m (genitive Amois)

  1. (biblical) Amos
  2. (biblical) Amos, the thirtieth book of the Old Testament

Coordinate terms

Slovak

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Etymology

Possibly from Hebrew עמוס (Amos, to carry; a burden).

Proper noun

Amos m pers

  1. (religion) Amos

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Amós, from Latin Amos, from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, to carry; a burden).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amós (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜐ᜔) (religion)

  1. Amos

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amos

  1. a male given name from Hebrew עָמוֹס (to carry a burden), equivalent to English Amos
  2. (biblical) A prophet, author of the Book of Amos
  3. (biblical) The Book of Amos

Coordinate terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Amos
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
Amos unchanged unchanged Hamos

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children, Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 15