apus

See also: Apus and APUs

Galician

Verb

apus

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of apor

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒpuʃ]
  • Hyphenation: apus
  • Rhymes: -uʃ

Etymology 1

apa (father) + -us (diminutive suffix)

Noun

apus

  1. dad, daddy
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative apus apusok
accusative apust apusokat
dative apusnak apusoknak
instrumental apussal apusokkal
causal-final apusért apusokért
translative apussá apusokká
terminative apusig apusokig
essive-formal apusként apusokként
essive-modal
inessive apusban apusokban
superessive apuson apusokon
adessive apusnál apusoknál
illative apusba apusokba
sublative apusra apusokra
allative apushoz apusokhoz
elative apusból apusokból
delative apusról apusokról
ablative apustól apusoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
apusé apusoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
apuséi apusokéi
Possessive forms of apus
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. apusom apusaim
2nd person sing. apusod apusaid
3rd person sing. apusa apusai
1st person plural apusunk apusaink
2nd person plural apusotok apusaitok
3rd person plural apusuk apusaik

Etymology 2

apu (father) + -s (-like, -related, adjective-forming suffix)

Adjective

apus (comparative apusabb, superlative legapusabb)

  1. typical or characteristic of dad/daddy
Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative apus apusak
accusative apusat apusakat
dative apusnak apusaknak
instrumental apussal apusakkal
causal-final apusért apusakért
translative apussá apusakká
terminative apusig apusakig
essive-formal apusként apusakként
essive-modal
inessive apusban apusakban
superessive apuson apusakon
adessive apusnál apusaknál
illative apusba apusakba
sublative apusra apusakra
allative apushoz apusakhoz
elative apusból apusakból
delative apusról apusakról
ablative apustól apusaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
apusé apusaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
apuséi apusakéi

Further reading

  • apus in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • apus in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qa(m)pus (come to an end, be destroyed). Doublet of mampus. Compare Sundanese apus (easily go out, extinguished (fire)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apus/

Verb

apus

  1. to extinguish; to put an end to
  2. to delete

Adverb

apus

  1. breathe for the last time
  2. disappear completely

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄπους (ápous, footless).

Pronunciation

Noun

apūs m (genitive apodis); third declension

  1. A martlet, swallow; a kind of bird believed to have no feet.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative apūs apodēs
Genitive apodis apodum
Dative apodī apodibus
Accusative apodem apodēs
Ablative apode apodibus
Vocative apūs apodēs

References

  • apus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • apus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

apus

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of apor

Romanian

Etymology

From the past participle of the verb apune (to fade, set), from Latin apponere. Was the traditional word for "west", but today vest is used as the standard term. Compare also the descendants of Latin ponens in the Western Romance languages, which developed the meaning of "west".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈpus/

Adjective

apus m or n (feminine singular apusă, masculine plural apuși, feminine and neuter plural apuse)

  1. (of celestial bodies) set
  2. bygone, dead, vanished

Declension

Noun

apus n (plural apusuri)

  1. (poetic) west
  2. sunset
    Synonym: asfințit
  3. (figurative) decline

Declension

Synonyms

Antonyms

Coordinate terms

Native Romanian
miazănoapte
apus răsărit
miazăzi
Borrowed from French/German
nord-vest nord nord-est
vest est
sud-vest sud sud-est

Verb

apus

  1. past participle of apune

Tausug

Noun

apus

  1. gambling
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