maos

See also: mãos

English

Noun

maos

1. plural of mao

Anagrams

• -omas, Amos, MOAS, MOAs, Samo, SoMa, Soma, moas, omas, soam, soma

Estonian

Noun

maos

1. inessive singular of madu

Galician

Noun

maos

1. plural of mao

Adjective

maos

1. masculine plural of mao

Irish

Alternative forms

• maothas

Etymology

From maoth +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠeːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /mˠiːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠiːsˠ/, (older) /mˠɯ̃ːsˠ/

Noun

maos m (genitive singular maois)

1. saturated state, saturation

Declension

Declension of maos (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative maos vocative a mhaois genitive maois dative maos forms with the definite article singular nominative an maos genitive an mhaois dative leis an maos don mhaos

Derived terms

• ar maos (“steeping, steeped; soaked, saturated”)
• cuir ar maos (“steep”)
• maoschlár (“water table”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of maos

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maos	mhaos	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “maos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “maos”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “maos”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦩꦲꦺꦴꦱ꧀
Pegon
Roman	maos

Etymology

From N- +‎ waos (“to read”) or from the verb maca (“to read”) +‎ -os (polite suffix), ultimately from waca.

Verb

maos (ngoko maca, krama maos)

1. (polite) to read

References

• "maos" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939