gos

See also: GOS, GoS, gô, 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡos]
  • Audio (Valencia):(file)

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

French

Noun

gos

  1. plural of go

Icelandic

Etymology

Unattested in Old Norse, but closely related to the Old Norse nickname Goss m. Cognate with Faroese gos (“draught; squirt”) and Norwegian Nynorsk gos (“squirt; drivel”). An abstract noun to gjósa (“to erupt”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔːs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːs

Noun

gos n (genitive singular goss, nominative plural gos)

  1. (geology) eruption (of a geyser, volcano, etc.)
    Þetta er fyrsta gos sem hefst í þorpi á Íslandi.
    This is the first eruption to begin in a village in Iceland.
  2. soda (US), fizzy drink (UK)
    Synonym: gosdrykkur m
    Almennt gef ég drengnum ekki sælgæti eða gos og reyni að hafa matinn hollan og góðan.
    Generally, I don't give the boy sweets or fizzy drinks and I try to keep the food healthy and good.

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

types of eruptions
  • dyngjugos (“shield volcano eruption”)
  • eldgos (“volcanic eruption”)
  • ferðamannagos, túristagos (“volcanic eruption suitable for tourists”)
  • hraungos (“w:effusive eruption”)
  • sólgos (“solar flare”)
  • sprengigos (“explosive eruption”)
  • sprungugos (“fissure eruption”)
  • stórgos (“major eruption”)
  • öskugos (“ashy eruption”)
other geology related
  • gosaska f (“volcanic ash”)
  • gosbelti n (“volcanic zone”)
  • gosberg n (“volcanic rock”)
  • gosefni n (“eruptive product”)
  • goshlé n (“period of inactivity between eruptions”)
  • goshrina f (“series of eruptions”)
  • goshver m (“geyser”)
  • goslok n pl (“end of eruption”)
  • gosmengun f (“volcanic pollution”)
  • gosmóða f (“volcanic smog”)
  • gosmökkur m (“volcanic plume”)
  • gosop n (“volcanic fissure”)
  • gosórói m (“volcanic tremor”)
  • gosrás f (“lava channel”)
  • gossprunga f (“volcanic vent”)
  • gosstrókur m (“lava fountain”)
  • gosstöð f, gosstaður m (“eruption site”)
  • gossvæði n (“eruption area”)
  • gosvirkni f (“volcanism”)
related to drinks
  • gosdós f (“soda can”)
  • gosdrykkja f (“soda consumption”)
  • gosdrykkur m (“soda, fizzy pop”)
  • gosflaska f (“soda bottle”)
  • gosglas n (“glas of soda”)
  • goslaus (“non-carbonated”, adjective)
other
  • gosa (“to be draughty”)
  • gosast (“to go outside poorly dressed for the cold”)
  • gosbrunnur m (“fountain”)

References

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “gos”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 270 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Further reading

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “gos”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • “gos” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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 inniu ― up 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

  • IPA(key): /ɡoːs/[1]

Noun

gos (plural ges)

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

Descendants

  • English: goose
  • Scots: guise

References

  1. ^ Sandved, Arthur (1985), “3. Long Vowels”, in Introduction to Chaucerian English (Chaucer Studies; 11), Part I: Phonology, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24.

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

  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], 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

  • IPA(key): /ɡoːs/

Noun

gōs f

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

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

singular plural
nominative gōs gēs
accusative gōs gēs
genitive gēs, gōse gōsa
dative gēs gōsum

Descendants

Old Saxon

Noun

gos n

  1. alternative form of gās

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡóːs/

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), 2014–2026

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
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