Gos - Wiktionary

See also: GOS, GoS, gô, gös, goç, goş, Goś, and gǫs

English

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Noun

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gos

  1. Alternative form of goes (plural of go).

Aragonese

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

Noun

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gos m (plural goses)

  1. dog

Synonyms

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  • can
  • cocho
  • chucho
  • ca

Catalan

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A dog (a Labrador)

Alternative forms

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  • goç (obsolete)

Etymology

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Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡos]
  • Audio (Valencia):(file)

Noun

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gos m (plural gossos, feminine gossa, feminine plural gosses)

  1. dog Synonyms: ca, quisso
  2. (figurative) a lazy man Synonyms: gandul, malfeiner
  3. laziness Synonym: mandra

Derived terms

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  • color de gos com fuig
  • gos policia
  • gos viverrí
  • gossada
  • gosset

Further reading

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  • “gos”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
  • “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, 2025

French

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Noun

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gos

  1. plural of go

Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔːs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːs

Noun

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gos n (genitive singular goss, nominative plural gos)

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

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gos gosið gos gosin
accusative gos gosið gos gosin
dative gosi gosinu gosum gosunum
genitive goss gossins gosa gosanna

Derived terms

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  • eldgos
  • ferðamannagos
  • gosberg
  • gosdrykkur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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  • sog

Irish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɔsˠ/, /ɡəsˠ/

Preposition

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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 inniuup to today, until the present day

Usage notes

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

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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  • goce, goos, gose, gosse

Etymology

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From Old English gōs, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans; compare gandre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡoːs/[1]

Noun

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gos (plural ges)

  1. A goose (especially a female one)
  2. The meat or corpse of a goose.
  3. A fool or idiot.
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  • goshauk
  • goslyng
  • gossomer

Descendants

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  • English: goose
  • Scots: guise

References

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  1. ^ Sandved, Arthur (1985), “3. Long Vowels”, in Introduction to Chaucerian English (Chaucer Studies; 11), Part I: Phonology, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24.

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkos/

Adverb

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gos

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

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], 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[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Occitan

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡus]
  • Audio (Languedoc):(file)

Noun

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gos m (plural gosses)

  1. dog

Old English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡoːs/

Noun

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gōs f

  1. goose
    • Exeter Book: Hwīlum iċ grǣde swā gōs.Sometimes I cry like a goose.

Declension

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Strong consonant stem:

singular plural
nominative gōs gēs
accusative gōs gēs
genitive gēs, gōse gōsa
dative gēs gōsum

Descendants

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

Old Saxon

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Noun

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gos n

  1. alternative form of gās

Slovene

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Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:gosWikipedia sl

Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡóːs/

Noun

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gọ̑s f

  1. goose

Declension

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. gós
gen. sing. gosí
singular dual plural
nominative(imenovȃlnik) gós gosí gosí
genitive(rodȋlnik) gosí gosí gosí
dative(dajȃlnik) gósi goséma gosém
accusative(tožȋlnik) gós gosí gosí
locative(mẹ̑stnik) gósi goséh goséh
instrumental(orọ̑dnik) gosjó goséma gosmí

Further reading

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  • gos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

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Etymology

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Deverbal from gosa.

Noun

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gos n (colloquial)

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

Declension

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nominative genitive
singular indefinite gos gos
definite goset gosets
plural indefinite
definite

Zazaki

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Noun

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gos

  1. ear

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