gos

Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

gos m (plural goses)

1. dog

• can
• cocho
• chucho

• ca

• goç (obsolete)

Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɡos]

• Audio (Valencian)

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gos m (plural gossos, feminine gossa)

1. dog

   Synonyms: ca, quisso

2. (figurative) a lazy man

   Synonyms: gandul, malfeiner

3. laziness

   Synonym: mandra

• “gos” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gos” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “gos”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

From Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”). Compare Breton gwaz, Welsh gwas and Old Irish foss.

gos

1. servant, servant of- (in name-formations)

• (2006) Celtic Culture: A-Celti
• Name-formations (e.g. Gosmungo, Gospatric)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /kɔːs/
• Rhymes: -ɔːs

gos n (genitive singular goss, nominative plural gos)

1. (geology) eruption (of a geyser, volcano, etc.)
2. soda (US), fizzy pop (UK)

• (soda): gosdrykkur

• eldgos
• ferðamannagos
• gosberg
• gosdrykkur

• “gos” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

• sog

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔsˠ/, /ɡəsˠ/

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

• Only used in a few fixed phrases like gos an lá inniu. Otherwise, the synonym go dtí is used before the article.

gos

1. Alternative form of goos

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkos/

gos

1. where, in what place (interrogative)
2. whence, from where (interrogative)
3. where (relative)
4. whence, from where (relative)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡus]

• Audio (Languedocien)

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gos m (plural gosses)

1. dog

From Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːs/

gōs f

1. goose
   • Exeter Book:

     Hwīlum iċ grǣde swā gōs.

     Sometimes I cry like a goose.

• Middle English: goos, goce, gos, gose, gosse
  • English: goose
  • Scots: guse

gos n

1. Alternative form of gās

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь.

• IPA^(key): /ɡóːs/

gọ̑s f

1. goose

• “gos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

gos n (informal)

1. cuddliness
2. (action of) cuddling, snuggling

gos

1. ear