nos
English
Alternative forms
Etymology 3
Abbreviation
Noun
nos (countable and uncountable, plural noses)
- (countable) Acronym of nitrous oxide system.
- Coordinate term: NOx
- (uncountable) Abbreviation of nitrous oxide (“N₂O”).
- Synonym: nox
See also
Aragonese
Alternative forms
See also
nominative | disjunctive | dative | accusative | ||||
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first person | singular | yo | me, m'2 | ||||
plural | masculine | nusatros1.1 | nos1.6 | ||||
feminine | nusatras1.1 | ||||||
second person | singular | familiar | tú | te, t'2 | |||
formal | vusté,1.2 vos | ||||||
plural | familiar | masculine | vusatros1.3 | vos, tos3 | |||
feminine | vusatras1.3 | ||||||
formal | vustés,1.2 vos | ||||||
third person | singular | masculine | él1.4 | le1.7 | lo,1.8 l'2 | ||
feminine | ella1.5 | la | |||||
plural | masculine | els, ellos1.4 | les1.7 | los1.9 | |||
feminine | ellas1.5 | las | |||||
reflexive | — | se, s'2 |
- The forms shown in the table are the most widespread ones. Some varieties use different forms:
- nusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and nusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
- usté(s) (Benasquese), ustet(z) (Ansotano), vustet(z) (Tensino, Somontanos)
- vusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and vusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
- ell(s) (Benasquese) and er(s) (Belsetán).
- era(s) (Belsetán).
- mos (Ribagorçan). Before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en the contracted form mo' is used.
- li(s) (Cheso, Tensino).
- el (Ribagorçan). The contracted form l' is used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds and 'l after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
- es, els (Ribagorçan). These forms are contracted to 's and 'ls after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
- The contracted forms are used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.
- In Ribagorçan the contracted form to' is used before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en.
References
- “nos”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
Asturian
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from the unstressed accusative of Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.
Pronunciation
Usage notes
- -nos is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩.
- Fes-nos una visita, si us plau! ― Pay us a visit, please!
Declension
Etymology 2
Inherited from the stressed nominative of Latin nōs (“we; us”); see Etymology 1. Replaced in normal usage by nosaltres. For the development of a distinction between stressed and unstressed forms of what was originally a single word, compare Portuguese nós and nos. See also the parallel development in Spanish of nosotros.
Alternative forms
- nós (pre-2016 spelling)
Pronoun
nos
Further reading
- “nos” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “nos”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “nos” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cornish
Etymology 1
From Middle Cornish nos, from Old Cornish nos, either inherited from Proto-Celtic *noxs or borrowed from Latin nox. In either case, cognate with Breton noz, Welsh nos and Gaulish nox, all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnos]
audio (file) - Hyphenation: nos
- Rhymes: -os
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Czech nos, from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Fala
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).
Pronoun
nos m pl or f pl
- First person plural nominative pronoun; we
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme IX, Chapter 4: ¿Fala transerrana?:
- I nos, inda hoxii, con autonomía i tó siguimus idendu: “Vo pa Castilla”, […]
- And to this day we, with autonomy and everything, keep on saying: “I’ll go to Castille”, […]
- (Mañegu) First person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme II, Chapter 2: Recunquista:
- Non poemos analizar con pormenoris estis siglos, pero tampoco se debi toleral que, sin fundamentus, se poña en duda algo que a Historia documentá nos lega sobre nossa terra.
- We can’t thoroughly analyse these centuries, but one mustn’t tolerate that, unfoundedly, something documented history tells us about our land be questioned.
Usage notes
See also
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | |||
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first person | singular | ei | me, -mi | mi | ||
plural | common | nos | musL nusLV nos, -nusM |
nos | ||
masculine | noshotrusM | noshotrusM | ||||
feminine | noshotrasM | noshotrasM | ||||
second person | singular | tú | te, -ti | ti | ||
plural | common | vos | vusLV vos, -vusM |
vos | ||
masculine | voshotrusM | voshotrusM | ||||
feminine | voshotrasM | voshotrasM | ||||
third person | singular | masculine | el | le, -li | uLV, oM | el |
feminine | ela | a | ela | |||
plural | masculine | elis | usLV, osM | elis | ||
feminine | elas | as | elas | |||
reflexive | — | se, -si | sí |
Etymology 2
From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, equivalent to en (“in”) + os (masculine plural definite article).
Alternative forms
- nus (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)
French
Etymology
From Old French noz, probably from Latin nostros.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /no/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -o
Determiner
nos pl
Related terms
Possessee | ||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||
Masculine | Feminine | |||||
Possessor | Singular | First person | mon1 | ma | mes | |
Second person | ton1 | ta | tes | |||
Third person | son1 | sa | ses | |||
Plural | First person | notre | nos | |||
Second person | votre2 | vos2 | ||||
Third person | leur | leurs |
- 1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
Further reading
- “nos”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nʊs/
Etymology 2
From a mutation of os.
Usage notes
The n- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong, and are suffixed to the preceding word.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese nós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu anos.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnoʃ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: nos
- Rhymes: -oʃ
References
- nos in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- nos 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
Kashubian
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔs/
- Hyphenation: nos
Further reading
- Bernard Sychta (1967–1973) “nos”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich, volume 3, page 217
- “nos”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “nos”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *nōs, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /noːs/, [noːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nos/, [nɔs]
Usage notes
When used in the plural genitive, nostrī is used when it is the object of an action, especially when used with a gerund or gerundive. When used in such a construction, the gerund or gerundive takes on the masculine genitive singular. Nostrum is used as a partitive genitive, used in constructions such as (one of us).
Declension
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
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Person | First | Second | Reflexive third | Third | First | Second | Reflexive third | Third | |||||
Case / Gender | Masc./ Fem./Neut. | Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | Masc./ Fem./Neut. | Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | |||||
Nominative | egō̆ | tū | — | is | ea | id | nōs | vōs | — | eī iī |
eae | ea | |
Genitive | meī | tuī | suī | eius | nostrī nostrum |
vestrī vestrum |
suī | eōrum | eārum | eōrum | |||
Dative | mihī̆ | tibī̆ | sibi | eī | nōbīs | vōbīs | sibi | eīs | |||||
Accusative | mē | tē | sē sēsē |
eum | eam | id | nōs | vōs | sē sēsē |
eōs | eās | ea | |
Ablative | mē | tē | sē sēsē |
eō | eā | eō | nōbīs | vōbīs | sē sēsē |
eīs | |||
Vocative | egō | tū | — | nōs | vōs | — |
Descendants
- Aromanian: noi, noauã, nauã, nau
- Asturian: nós, nosotros, ñós, ñosotros
- Catalan: nós, nosaltres
- Dalmatian: nu, noi, nojiltri
- Old French: nos, nous
- Middle French: nous
- French: nous, nous autres
- Middle French: nous
- Friulian: nô, noaltris
- Galician: nós, nosoutros
- Istriot: nui
- Italian: noi, noialtri
- Occitan: nos, nosautres
- Portuguese: nós
- Romanian: noi, nouă
- Romansch: nus, nous
- Sardinian: nois, noso, nosu, nos
- Sicilian: nui, nuàutri
- Old Spanish: nos
- Venetian: noi, nu, noaltri, noantri
- Walloon: nos
See also
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Genitive | Dative | Accusative | Ablative | Possessive |
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Singular | First | — | ego | meī | mihi | mē | meus, -a, -um | |
Second | — | tū | tuī | tibi | tē | tuus, -a, -um | ||
Reflexive third | — | — | suī | sibi | sē, sēsē | suus, -a, -um | ||
Third | Masculine | is | ēius | eī | eum | eō | ēius | |
Feminine | ea | eam | eā | |||||
Neuter | id | id | eō | |||||
Plural | First | — | nōs | nostrī, nostrum | nōbīs | nōs | nōbīs | noster, -tra, -trum |
Second | — | vōs | vestrī, vestrum | vōbīs | vōs | vōbīs | vester, -tra, -trum | |
Reflexive third | — | — | suī | sibi | sē, sēsē | suus, -a, -um | ||
Third | Masculine | eī, iī | eōrum | eīs | eōs | eīs | eōrum | |
Feminine | eae | eārum | eās | eārum | ||||
Neuter | ea | eōrum | ea | eōrum |
References
- "nos", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "nos", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Lombard
Alternative forms
- nus (Modern orthography)
Etymology
From Latin nucem, accusative singular of nux (“nut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.
Pronunciation
- (Milan) IPA(key): /nuːs/
References
- Francesco Cherubini, Vocabolario milanese-italiano, Volume 3, 1843, p. 179
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔs/
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Synonyms
- (nose): nese
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Synonyms
- (nose): nase
References
- “nos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nus/
Etymology 1
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin nōs.
Pronoun
nos
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Declension
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | nos | nosy | nosi, nosové |
genitive | nosa, nosu | nosú | nosóv |
dative | nosu | nosoma | nosóm |
accusative | nos | nosy | nosy |
vocative | nose | nosy | nosi, nosové |
locative | nosě, nosu | nosú | nosiech |
instrumental | nosem | nosoma | nosy |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
- Czech: nos
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “nos”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old French
Alternative forms
Pronoun
nos
Old Spanish
Pronoun
nos
Pronoun
nos
Descendants
- Spanish: nos
Contraction
nos
- not ... (to oneself)
- between 1140-1207, Cid, 1243-1244 :
- Myo çid don Rͦ en valençia esta folgando
Con el mẏnaẏa albarffanez q̃ nos le parte de so braço- My Cid, don Rodrigo, is having a break in Valencia,
with Minaya Álvar Fáñez, who does not leave (partirse) his side
- My Cid, don Rodrigo, is having a break in Valencia,
- Myo çid don Rͦ en valençia esta folgando
- 1140 – 1207, Cid, 1206-1207 :
- Sonando vã ſus nue͠uas todas atodas partes
Mas le vienen a mẏo çid ſabet q̃ nos le van- The news of him roam everywhere
But more men come to my Cid, mind you, than those who leave (irse) him
- The news of him roam everywhere
- Sonando vã ſus nue͠uas todas atodas partes
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese nós and Kabuverdianu anos.
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔs/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔs
- Syllabification: nos
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -us
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /nus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /nuʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /nos/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nuʃ/
- Hyphenation: nos
Pronoun
nos
- inflection of nós:
- accusative
- dative
- Ele dir-nos-ia o nome do indivíduo. (Portugal)
- He would tell us the name of the individual.
- Ele nos diria o nome do indivíduo. (Brazil)
- He would tell us the name of the individual.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.
See also
Portuguese personal pronouns (edit) | |||||||||||||
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Number | Person | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct object) |
Dative (indirect object) |
Prepositional | Prepositional with com |
Non-declining | ||||||
m | f | m | f | m and f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |||
Singular | First | eu | me | mim | comigo | ||||||||
Second | tu | te | ti | contigo | você | ||||||||
o senhor | a senhora | ||||||||||||
Third | ele | ela | o (lo, no) |
a (la, na) |
lhe | ele | ela | com ele | com ela | o mesmo | a mesma | ||
se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) |
a gente | |||||||
Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco, com vós | vocês | ||||||||
os senhores | as senhoras | ||||||||||||
Third | eles | elas | os (los, nos) |
as (las, nas) |
lhes | eles | elas | com eles | com elas | os mesmos | as mesmas | ||
se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
Indefinite | se | si | consigo |
Etymology 3
From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, clipping of enos, from en (“in”) + os (“the”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /nus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /nuʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /nos/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nuʃ/
- Hyphenation: nos
Contraction
nos m pl
- Contraction of em os (“in the”): masculine plural of no
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 55:
- [...] o gato ronronava feliz nos braços de Hermione.
- [...] the cat was purring happily on Hermione's arms.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /nus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /nuʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /nos/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nuʃ/
- Hyphenation: nos
Pronoun
nos
Usage notes
- This form is very rarely used in spoken Brazilian Portuguese, where nominative forms are preferred over third-person direct object pronouns (which, when used, are typically placed before verbs).
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic *nōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nos/
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nôːs/
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɔs]
Further reading
- “nos”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene
Alternative forms
- noſ (Bohorič alphabet)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *nosъ
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nóːs/
- Rhymes: -oːs
- Hyphenation: nos
Noun
nọ̑s m inan
Declension
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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , long mixed accent, ending -u in genitive singular | |||
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nom. sing. | nọ̑s | ||
gen. sing. | nosȗ | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative imenovȃlnik |
nọ̑s | nosȏva | nosȏvi |
genitive rodȋlnik |
nosȗ | nosóv | nosóv |
dative dajȃlnik |
nọ̑su, nọ̑si | nosȏvoma, nosȏvama | nosȏvom, nọ̑sȏvam |
accusative tožȋlnik |
nọ̑s | nosȏva | nosȏve |
locative mẹ̑stnik |
nọ̑su, nọ̑si | nosȏvih | nosȏvih |
instrumental orọ̑dnik |
nọ̑som | nosȏvoma, nosȏvama | nosȏvi |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
nọ̑s | nosȏva | nosȏvi |
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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , fixed accent, special accent changes | |||
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nom. sing. | nọ̑s | ||
gen. sing. | nọ̑sa | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative imenovȃlnik |
nọ̑s | nosȏva | nosȏvi |
genitive rodȋlnik |
nọ̑sa | nosóv | nosóv |
dative dajȃlnik |
nọ̑su, nọ̑si | nosȏvoma, nosȏvama | nosȏvom, nọ̑sȏvam |
accusative tožȋlnik |
nọ̑s | nosȏva | nosȏve |
locative mẹ̑stnik |
nọ̑su, nọ̑si | nosȏvih | nosȏvih |
instrumental orọ̑dnik |
nọ̑som | nosȏvoma, nosȏvama | nosȏvi |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
nọ̑s | nosȏva | nosȏvi |
Derived terms
- dati eno po nosu
- dati komu pod nos
- dobiti v nos
- dolg nos
- iti v nos
- izpred nosa
- moker pod nosom
- na vrat na nos
- nesti na nos
- nizek nos
- nos kaj pravi
- nosljáti
- nosníca
- nósən
- nọ̑sək
- obesiti na nos
- obrisati se pod nosom
- podaljšati nos
- pomoliti nos iz hiše
- potegniti za nos
- povesiti nos
- pred nosom
- videti dalje od svojega nosa
- vihati nos
- visoko nositi nos
- vleči za nos
- voditi za nos
- vrat na nos
- vtakniti nos
- vtikati nos
- za nosom
- zavihati nos
See also
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish nos, from accusative Latin nōs and dative Latin nōbīs, from Proto-Italic *nōs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nos/ [nos]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -os
- Syllabification: nos
Pronoun
nos (object pronoun)
- dative of nosotros: to us, for us
- accusative of nosotros: us
- (reflexive) reflexive of nosotros: ourselves; each other
- 1998, Roberto Bolaño, Los detectives salvajes, →ISBN, page 262:
- A eso de las cuatro de la mañana todos nos dijimos buenas noches.
- Around four in the morning, we all told each other good night.
- (archaic, formal) first person; I (singular; compare vos)
See also
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
voseo | vos | vos | |||||
formal3 | usted | le, se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
formal/general3 | ustedes | les, se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le, se4 | lo | él | |
feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
neuter | ello7 | lo | ello | ||||
plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
reflexive | — | se | sí1 |
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
References
Further reading
- “nos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s-.
Noun
nos c
Declension
Declension of nos | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | nos | nosen | nosar | nosarna |
Genitive | nos | nosens | nosars | nosarnas |
See also
References
Volapük
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh nos, according to Matasovic, a loanword from Latin nox (“night”), but according to Falileyev, from Old Welsh nos, from Proto-Celtic *noxt-stu-, a suffixed form of *noxs (“night”) (the expected Welsh descendant of this would be **noeth).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noːs/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -oːs
Usage notes
- Nos (“night, evening”) generally refers to the uncoutable period of darkness. The word is also used with the names of evenings and nights of days of the week, with holiday and festival names and in the phrase Nos da (“Good night”). It is therefore the opposite of dydd (“day”).
- yn ystod y nos ― during the night
- nos Wener ― Friday evening/night
- Nos Galan ― New Year's Eve
- Noson (“night, evening”), on the other hand, is countable and refers to an individual evening or night and so is the word used when employing a qualifying numeral or adjective. It sits in contrast to the word diwrnod (“day”).
- noson wych ― a great evening/night
- tair noson ― three nights
- Noswaith (“evening”) is used in phrase Noswaith dda (“Good evening”). It is also synonymous to noson in some southern dialects.
- (South Wales) tair noswaith ― three nights
Derived terms
- brig y nos (“gloaming; twilight”)
- echnos (“the night before last”)
- gyda'r nos (“at night, in the evening”)
- llwydnos (“dusk, twilight”, literally “grey night”)
- min nos (“evening, twilight”, literally “the edge of night”)
- nos da (“goodnight”)
- noson (“evening; night”)
- noswaith (“evening”)
- pythefnos (“fortnight”, literally “fifteen nights”)
- wythnos (“week”, literally “eight nights”)
Western Apache
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nòs]
Usage notes
- occurs only in Dilzhe’eh (Tonto) dialect
See also
- dinos "manzanita"