fos

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See also: FOS, fós, fős, fös, and F/Os

Translingual

Symbol

fos

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Siraya.

See also

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

fos

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ser
  2. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ésser

Etymology 2

From Latin fūsus.

Pronunciation

Participle

fos (feminine fosa, masculine plural fosos, feminine plural foses)

  1. past participle of fondre

Etymology 3

From Latin fūsus.

Pronunciation

Noun

fos m (plural fossos)

  1. (Alghero) alternative form of fossa

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *fos, from Latin fossa. Cognate with Welsh ffos (ditch, moat).

Pronunciation

Noun

fos f (plural fosow)

  1. wall

Derived terms

References

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Revived ca. 1750 through Norwegian foss, from Old Norse foss, fors. Cognate with Swedish fors, Faroese fossur, and Icelandic foss.

Noun

fos c (singular definite fossen, plural indefinite fosser or (now rare) fosse)

  1. (Norway) waterfall
    Synonym: vandfald
    • 1872, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, “Bjørnejægeren ”, in Fortællinger , page 359:
      Den var bunden med Jærnlænker, sagde han, og endda havde den slidt over den, som var om Forbenene; han saa tydelig, der var Liv i den, og Blod gik ifra den som en Fos!
      It was bound with iron chains, he said, and yet it had broken the one around its front legs; he saw clearly that it was alive, and blood flowed from it like a waterfall!
    • 1933, Knut Hamsun, Mens livet lever , pages 276–277:
      Det stod et vaatt Drev og en besk Vind fra Fossen ovenfor, skjønt Solen skinnet var det Veir til Oljehyr og Sydvest.
      There was a wet drift and a bitter wind from the waterfall above, and even if the sun shone, there was weather for an oilskin suit and ou’wester.

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: foss

References

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pačke like Northern Mansi пось (posʹ), Finnish paska and Estonian pask. For the verb sense, see also fosik.

Pronunciation

Noun

fos (usually uncountable, plural fosok)

  1. (vulgar) liquid excrement

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative fos fosok
accusative fost fosokat
dative fosnak fosoknak
instrumental fossal fosokkal
causal-final fosért fosokért
translative fossá fosokká
terminative fosig fosokig
essive-formal fosként fosokként
essive-modal
inessive fosban fosokban
superessive foson fosokon
adessive fosnál fosoknál
illative fosba fosokba
sublative fosra fosokra
allative foshoz fosokhoz
elative fosból fosokból
delative fosról fosokról
ablative fostól fosoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
fosé fosoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
foséi fosokéi
Possessive forms of fos
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fosom fosaim
2nd person sing. fosod fosaid
3rd person sing. fosa fosai
1st person plural fosunk fosaink
2nd person plural fosotok fosaitok
3rd person plural fosuk fosaik

Adjective

fos (comparative fosabb, superlative legfosabb)

  1. (slang) shitty, crappy, trashy, worthless
    Synonyms: ócska, gyatra, silány

Declension

Verb

fos

  1. (vulgar) alternative form of fosik (to pass liquid excrement)

Usage notes

This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

Conjugation

Conjugation of fos
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal
3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal
1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal
3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive indica­tive pre­sent indef. fosok fosol fos fosunk fostok fosnak
def. fosom fosod fossa fossuk fossátok fossák
2nd obj foslak
past indef. fostam fostál fosott fostunk fostatok fostak
def. fostam fostad fosta fostuk fostátok fosták
2nd obj fostalak
future
Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. fosni fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. fosék fosál fosa fosánk fosátok fosának
def. fosám fosád fosá fosánk fosátok fosák
2nd obj fosálak
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. fos vala, fosott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. fosandok fosandasz fosand fosandunk fosandotok fosandanak
def. fosandom fosandod fosandja fosandjuk fosandjátok fosandják
2nd obj fosandalak
condi­tional pre­sent indef. fosnék fosnál fosna fosnánk fosnátok fosnának
def. fosnám fosnád fosná fosnánk
(or fosnók)
fosnátok fosnák
2nd obj fosnálak
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. fosott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. fossak foss or
fossál
fosson fossunk fossatok fossanak
def. fossam fosd or
fossad
fossa fossuk fossátok fossák
2nd obj fossalak
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. fosott légyen
infinitive fosni fosnom fosnod fosnia fosnunk fosnotok fosniuk
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
fosás fosó fosott fosandó fosva (fosván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
Potential conjugation of fos
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal
3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal
1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal
3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive indica­tive pre­sent indef. foshatok foshatsz foshat foshatunk foshattok foshatnak
def. foshatom foshatod foshatja foshatjuk foshatjátok foshatják
2nd obj foshatlak
past indef. foshattam foshattál foshatott foshattunk foshattatok foshattak
def. foshattam foshattad foshatta foshattuk foshattátok foshatták
2nd obj foshattalak
archaic
preterite
indef. foshaték foshatál foshata foshatánk foshatátok foshatának
def. foshatám foshatád foshatá foshatánk foshatátok foshaták
2nd obj foshatálak
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. foshat vala, foshatott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. foshatandok
or fosandhatok
foshatandasz
or fosandhatsz
foshatand
or fosandhat
foshatandunk
or fosandhatunk
foshatandotok
or fosandhattok
foshatandanak
or fosandhatnak
def. foshatandom
or fosandhatom
foshatandod
or fosandhatod
foshatandja
or fosandhatja
foshatandjuk
or fosandhatjuk
foshatandjátok
or fosandhatjátok
foshatandják
or fosandhatják
2nd obj foshatandalak
or fosandhatlak
condi­tional pre­sent indef. foshatnék foshatnál foshatna foshatnánk foshatnátok foshatnának
def. foshatnám foshatnád foshatná foshatnánk
(or foshatnók)
foshatnátok foshatnák
2nd obj foshatnálak
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. foshatott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. foshassak foshass or
foshassál
foshasson foshassunk foshassatok foshassanak
def. foshassam foshasd or
foshassad
foshassa foshassuk foshassátok foshassák
2nd obj foshassalak
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. foshatott légyen
infinitive (foshatni) (foshatnom) (foshatnod) (foshatnia) (foshatnunk) (foshatnotok) (foshatniuk)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
fosható foshatatlan (foshatva / foshatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish foss (rest).

Pronunciation

Noun

fos m (genitive singular fois) (literary)

  1. rest, a stop, a halt
    Synonym: sos
  2. a prop, buttress, wall

Declension

Declension of fos (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fos
vocative a fhois
genitive fois
dative fos
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fos
genitive an fhois
dative leis an bhfos
don fhos

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fos
radical lenition eclipsis
fos fhos bhfos

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

Further reading

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English first.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fos

  1. first

Further reading

  • fos at majstro.com

Middle English

Noun

fos

  1. plural of fo

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔs
  • Syllabification: fos

Noun

fos

  1. genitive plural of fosa

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas. Compare Javanese wos, Malay beras.

Noun

fos

  1. husked rice

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English force.

Noun

fos

  1. force