foss

== English == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American) IPA(key): /fɑs/, /fɔs/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɒs/ ==== Noun ==== foss (plural fosses) Alternative spelling of fosse. === Etymology 2 === From Icelandic or Norwegian foss, both from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”). Doublet of force (“waterfall”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American) IPA(key): /fɔs/ ==== Noun ==== foss (plural fosses) (Northern England) A waterfall. == Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔsː/ Rhymes: -ɔsː === Noun === foss indefinite accusative singular of fossur indefinite genitive singular of fossur == Hungarian == === Alternative forms === fossál === Etymology === fosik +‎ -j === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfoʃː] Hyphenation: foss Rhymes: -oʃː === Verb === foss second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of fosik == Icelandic == === Alternative forms === fors === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse fors. Cognates: Faroese fossur, Norwegian fors, Danish fors, Swedish fors, English force (in the sense of a waterfall), Middle Low German vorsch and Norn fors. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔsː/ (Northern Iceland, Southern Iceland) IPA(key): [fɔs̠ː] Rhymes: -ɔsː === Noun === foss m (genitive singular foss, nominative plural fossar) a waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: foss == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Danish fos, revived through Norwegian foss, from Old Norse foss, fors, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz. === Noun === foss m (definite singular fossen, indefinite plural fosser, definite plural fossene) a waterfall ==== Synonyms ==== fossefall vannfall, vassfall ==== Derived terms ==== fosse (verb) ==== Descendants ==== → English: foss === References === “foss” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === fors førs, føss (dialectal) === Etymology === From Old Norse fors, foss, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fosː/, [fɞ̞sː] === Noun === foss m (definite singular fossen, indefinite plural fossar, definite plural fossane) a waterfall Synonyms: fossefall, vassfall ==== Derived terms ==== fossa (verb) ==== Descendants ==== → English: foss === References === “foss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “foss” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring == Old Irish == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *uɸostos, from Proto-Indo-European *upo-sth₂-ós, from *upó (“under”) +‎ *steh₂- (“to stand”) +‎ *-ós (“agent suffix”). Cognate to Welsh gwas (“servant”). ==== Noun ==== foss m (genitive foiss) servant ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Celtic *wostos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to stay”). Cognate to Middle Welsh gwas (“abode”). ==== Noun ==== foss m (genitive foiss) rest, halt, the state of not being in motion perseverance ===== Inflection ===== ===== Descendants ===== Irish: fos === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 foss, fos 'man-servant'”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 foss 'rest'”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language