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English

Etymology

From the traditional Ashkenazi pronunciation of Hebrew ־וֹת (-ót), and its descendant, Yiddish ־ות (-es).

Suffix

-os

  1. Used to form plurals of some Hebrew and Yiddish loanwords, usually ending in -a or -ah.

Synonyms

  • (forming plurals of Hebrew loanwords): -as, -ahs, -ot, -oth

Derived terms

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-os m (feminine singular -oasã, masculine plural -osh, feminine plural -oasi or -oase) or (feminine -ose , feminine plural -osi)

  1. -ous; used to form adjectives

Derived terms

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Esperanto

Etymology

The Esperanto suffixes -as, -is, -os, -us are related, and appear to have been inspired by previous language projects:

This play of vowels is not an original idea of Zamenhof's: -as, -is, -os are found for the three tenses of the infinitive in Faiguet's system of 1765; -a, -i, -o without a consonant are used like Z's -as, -is, -os by Rudelle (1858); Courtonne in 1885 had -am, -im, -om in the same values, and the similarity with Esperanto is here even more perfect than in the other projects, as -um corresponds to Z's -us.An International Language (1928)

Suffix

-os

  1. will; ending of future tense in verbs.
    Mi iros al la vendejo.I will go to the store.

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-os. Equivalent to -o + -s, or re-extracted from verbs with stems ending in o.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-os (front vowel harmony variant -ös, linguistic notation -Os)

  1. Forms nouns denoting the result of the action of a verb.
    liittää (to join) + -osliitos (joining, joint)
    muuntaa (to change, convert) + -osmuunnos (conversion)

Usage notes

Roots with the neutral front vowels -e-, -i- take the back-vocalic allomorph -os (e.g. pettää (to deceive, to betray)petos (betrayal, fraud), piirtää (to draw)piirros (drawing)). The form -ös is only used when the first syllable of the root contains what is considered a front vowel under harmony, i.e. -ä-, -ö- or -y- (e.g. kääntää (to turn; to translate)käännös (turn; translation), kytkeä (to connect)kytkös (connection), näyttää (to show)näytös (act)).

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

Anagrams

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French

Etymology

Variant of -o.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-os

  1. Suffix forming slang words.

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Suffix

-os

  1. (adjective-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning "having something"; sometimes referred to as ornative.
    kar (arm) + -oskaros (something with an arm), for example karosszék (armchair, a chair with an arm)
  2. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form a noun, for example an occupation or a collective noun.
    asztal (table) + -osasztalos (carpenter)
    akác (acacia) + -osakácos (acacia grove)
  3. (number-forming suffix) Added to a cardinal number to form a digit or figure, cf. the relevant template.
    hat (six) + -oshatos (the digit or figure six)
  4. (frequentative suffix) Added to a verb to form a new verb expressing repetitive action. No longer productive in this sense.
    fut (to run) + -osfutos (to run back and forth) (dated, modern version futkos)

Usage notes

  • (all senses) Variants:
    -s is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
    -os is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -as is added to other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -es is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ös is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Pannonian Rusyn: -ош (-oš)

See also

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto -os, back-formation from -as.

Suffix

-os

  1. desinence of the future tense in verbs

See also

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *-os. Cognates include Finnish -os.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-os (front vowel variant -ös)

  1. Forms nouns denoting the result of the action of a verb.
    pettää (to betray) + -ospetos (betrayal)
    kirjuttaa (to write) + -oskirjutos (writing)
Declension
More information Declension of (type 2/petos, no gradation), singular ...
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-os

  1. inessive singular of -o

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-os

  1. inessive singular of -o

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 56
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Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ōs

  1. accusative masculine plural of -us

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Suffix

-os

  1. Old Latin form of -us (suffix of nouns in the second declension)

Middle English

Suffix

-os

  1. alternative form of -ous

Old French

Suffix

-os

  1. alternative form of -us

Portuguese

Suffix

-os m pl (non-lemma form of noun-forming suffix)

  1. plural of -o

Suffix

-os m pl (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix)

  1. masculine plural of -o

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ōsus (full (of)).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-os m or n (feminine singular -oasă, masculine plural -oși, feminine/neuter plural -oase)

  1. Forms adjectives; -ous

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

Welsh

Pronunciation

Suffix

-os

  1. diminutive suffix, usually indicating an element of endearment
    plant (children) + -osplantos (kiddies)
    merched (girls) + -osmerchetos (little girls)
    tai (houses) + -osteios (small houses)
  2. area characterised by a particular plant
    bedw (birch) + -osbedwos (birch grove, place where birch grow)
    grug (heather) + -osgrugos (heath)
    brwyn (rushes) + -osbrwynos (brwynos)

Usage notes

-os can only be added to plural or collective nouns.

Derived terms

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-os”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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