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See also: GOS, GoS, , gös, goç, goş, Goś, and gǫs

English

Noun

gos

  1. Alternative form of goes (plural of go).

Aragonese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

Noun

gos m (plural goses)

  1. dog

Synonyms

Catalan

A dog (a Labrador)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

Pronunciation

Noun

gos m (plural gossos, feminine gossa, feminine plural gosses)

  1. dog
    Synonyms: ca, quisso
  2. (figurative) a lazy man
    Synonyms: gandul, malfeiner
  3. laziness
    Synonym: mandra

Derived terms

Further reading

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Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wastos (servant). Compare Breton gwaz, Welsh gwas and Old Irish foss.

Noun

gos

  1. servant, servant of- (in name-formations)

References

  • (2006) Celtic Culture: A-Celti
  • Name-formations (e.g. Gosmungo, Gospatric)

French

Noun

gos

  1. plural of go

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

gos n (genitive singular goss, nominative plural gos)

  1. (geology) eruption (of a geyser, volcano, etc.)
  2. soda (US), fizzy pop (UK)
    Synonym: gosdrykkur

Declension

Declension of gos (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gos gosið gos gosin
accusative gos gosið gos gosin
dative gosi gosinu gosum gosunum
genitive goss gossins gosa gosanna

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔsˠ/, /ɡəsˠ/

Preposition

gos (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

  1. (archaic, except in fixed phrases) alternative form of go (until, up to) (used before the definite article)
    gos an lá inniuup to today, until the present day

Usage notes

  • Only used in a few fixed phrases like gos an lá inniu. Otherwise, the synonym go dtí is used before the article.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English gōs, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans; compare gandre.

Pronunciation

Noun

gos (plural ges)

  1. goose (especially a female one)
  2. The meat or corpse of a goose; a dead goose.
  3. A fool or idiot.

Descendants

  • English: goose
  • Scots: guise

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkos/

Adverb

gos

  1. where, in what place (interrogative)
  2. whence, from where (interrogative)
  3. where (relative)
  4. whence, from where (relative)

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

gos m (plural gosses)

  1. dog

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.

Pronunciation

Noun

gōs f

  1. goose
    • Exeter Book:
      Hwīlum iċ grǣde swā gōs.
      Sometimes I cry like a goose.

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

Descendants

Old Saxon

Noun

gos n

  1. alternative form of gās

Slovene

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь.

Pronunciation

Noun

gọ̑s f

  1. goose

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. gós
gen. sing. gosí
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
gós gosí gosí
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
gosí gosí gosí
dative
(dajȃlnik)
gósi goséma gosém
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
gós gosí gosí
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
gósi goséh goséh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
gosjó goséma gosmí

Further reading

  • gos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from gosa.

Noun

gos n (colloquial)

  1. cuddliness
  2. (action of) cuddling, snuggling

Declension

Declension of gos
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gos gos
definite goset gosets
plural indefinite
definite

Zazaki

Noun

gos

  1. ear