oes

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See also: Oes, OEs, OES, OES., -ões, ös, öš, and -ös

English

Noun

oes

plural of oe
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (rare) plural of o, the name of the letter O.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Epic:
  Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, / Deep-chested music.
- 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:
  These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.

Noun

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Oes

oes pl (plural only)

(obsolete) Small circle-shaped sequins of precious metal sewn to clothing for decorative effect, popular in the 17th century.
- 1625, Francis , “Of Masques and Triumphs”, in The Essayes , 3rd edition, London: Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
  The Colours, that shew best by Candlelight, are; White, Carnation, and a Kinde of Sea-Water-Greene; And Oes, or Spangs, as they are of no great Cost, so they are of most Glory.

Alternative forms

owes

Anagrams

Eos, Seo, soe, Soe, -ose, SOE, OSE, ESO, SEO, E&Os

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Southern Dutch oest (Flemish and Zeelandic form of oogst), from Middle Dutch oest, from Old French aoust, from Latin augustus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /us/
Audio: (file)

Noun

oes (plural oeste)

harvest

Galician

Verb

oes

second-person singular present indicative of oír

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈoes/
Rhymes: -oes
Syllabification: o‧es

Noun

oes

plural of o

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /oːɨ̯s/
(South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɔi̯s/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /oːs/, /weːs/
Rhymes: -oːɨ̯s

Etymology 1

Proto-Celtic *esti

Verb

oes

(in a question) is there; are there?
(in answer to a question beginning with oes; in North Wales also to a question involving eisiau) yes

Etymology 2

From Old Welsh ois, from Proto-Brythonic *oɨs, from Proto-Celtic *aissom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“life, age”). Ultimately cognate with Welsh oed, Latin aevus.

Noun

oes f (plural oesoedd)

age, period
Synonym: cyfnod

Oes yr iâ
ice age
life, lifetime, lifespan

Derived terms

am oes (“for life”)
ers oes oesoedd (“from the beginning of time”)
goroesi (“to survive, outlast”)
Oes y Cerrig (“Stone Age”)
Oes yr Efydd (“Bronze Age”)
Oes yr Haearn (“Iron Age”)
oes yr iâ (“ice age”)
oesfyr (“short-lived, ephemeral”)
yn oes oesoedd (“for ever and ever”)
yr Oesoedd Canol (“the Middle Ages”)

Further reading

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “oes”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ay-sso-, *ay-to-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 51

Mutation

Mutated forms of *oes*
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
oes	unchanged	unchanged	hoes

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

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