kos

See also: Kos, KOS, kós, koš, Kos., KO's, kôš, and Appendix:Variations of "kos"

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kost.

Noun

kos (plural kosse, diminutive kossie)

  1. food

Usage notes

The diminutive singular is rarely used, while the diminutive plural, kossies, is more commonly found in language used for infants and small children.

Albanian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic квасъ (kvasŭ, “sour dough, sour drink”).[1]

Noun

kos m (indefinite plural kosë, definite singular kosi, definite plural kosët)

  1. yogurt

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kos”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 192

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkos]
  • Rhymes: -os
  • Homophone: koz

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

Noun

kos m anim

  1. blackbird

Declension
Declension
singular plural
nominative kos kosové/kosi
genitive kosa kosů
dative kosovi/kosu kosům
accusative kosa kosy
vocative kose kosové/kosi
locative kosovi/kosu kosech
instrumental kosem kosy
Derived terms

Noun

kos

  1. genitive plural of kosa

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

kos c

  1. genitive singular indefinite of ko

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːs/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

kos

  1. second-person singular imperative of kosen

Hausa

Noun

kôs m

  1. trump card

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Compare Turkish koç.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkoʃ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: kos

Noun

kos (plural kosok)

  1. ram, tup (a male sheep)
  2. tup (the head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kos kosok
accusative kost kosokat
dative kosnak kosoknak
instrumental kossal kosokkal
causal-final kosért kosokért
translative kossá kosokká
terminative kosig kosokig
essive-formal kosként kosokként
essive-modal — —
inessive kosban kosokban
superessive koson kosokon
adessive kosnál kosoknál
illative kosba kosokba
sublative kosra kosokra
allative koshoz kosokhoz
elative kosból kosokból
delative kosról kosokról
ablative kostól kosoktól
Possessive forms of kos
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kosom kosaim
2nd person sing. kosod kosaid
3rd person sing. kosa kosai
1st person plural kosunk kosaink
2nd person plural kosotok kosaitok
3rd person plural kosuk kosaik

See also

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Noun

kos m

  1. Superseded spelling of kós.

Declension
Declension of kos
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative kos kosa kose
Genitive kosa kosowu kosow
Dative kosoju kosoma kosam
Accusative kosa kosowu kose, kosow
Instrumental kosom kosoma kosami
Locative kosu kosoma kosach

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb kose

Noun

kos m (definite singular kosen) (uncountable)

  1. cosiness (UK) or coziness (US)

Noun

kos m

  1. hug

Verb

kos

  1. imperative of kose

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb kose

Noun

kos m (definite singular kosen) (uncountable)

  1. cosiness (UK) or coziness (US)

References

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish cosa and Portuguese coisa.

Noun

kos

  1. thing

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔs/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

kos m anim

  1. blackbird

Declension
declension of kos
singular plural
nominative kos kosy
genitive kosa kosów
dative kosowi kosom
accusative kosa kosy
instrumental kosem kosami
locative kosie kosach
vocative kosie kosy

Noun

kos f

  1. genitive plural of kosa

Further reading
  • kos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kôːs/

Adjective

kȏs (definite kȏsī, Cyrillic spelling ко̑с)

  1. slant, inclined, skew
Declension
indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kos kosa koso
genitive kosa kose kosa
dative kosu kosoj kosu
accusative inanimate
animate		 kos
kosa		 kosu koso
vocative kos kosa koso
locative kosu kosoj kosu
instrumental kosim kosom kosim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kosi kose kosa
genitive kosih kosih kosih
dative kosim(a) kosim(a) kosim(a)
accusative kose kose kosa
vocative kosi kose kosa
locative kosim(a) kosim(a) kosim(a)
instrumental kosim(a) kosim(a) kosim(a)
definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kosi kosa koso
genitive kosog(a) kose kosog(a)
dative kosom(u/e) kosoj kosom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate		 kosi
kosog(a)		 kosu koso
vocative kosi kosa koso
locative kosom(e/u) kosoj kosom(e/u)
instrumental kosim kosom kosim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kosi kose kosa
genitive kosih kosih kosih
dative kosim(a) kosim(a) kosim(a)
accusative kose kose kosa
vocative kosi kose kosa
locative kosim(a) kosim(a) kosim(a)
instrumental kosim(a) kosim(a) kosim(a)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kôːs/

Noun

kȏs m (Cyrillic spelling ко̑с)

  1. blackbird
Declension
Declension of kos
singular plural
nominative kȏs kósovi
genitive kosa kosova
dative kosu kosovima
accusative kosa kosove
vocative kose kosovi
locative kosu kosovima
instrumental kosom kosovima

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkóːs/
  • Tonal orthography: kọ̑s

Adjective

kós (comparative [please provide], superlative)

  1. (archaic) slanted, inclined, skewed
Declension
Declension of kós (hard)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative kós ind
kósi def		 kósa kóso
accusative nominativeinan or genitiveanim kóso kóso
genitive kósega kóse kósega
dative kósemu kósi kósemu
locative kósem kósi kósem
instrumental kósim kóso kósim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative kósa kósi kósi
accusative kósa kósi kósi
genitive kósih kósih kósih
dative kósima kósima kósima
locative kósih kósih kósih
instrumental kósima kósima kósima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative kósi kóse kósa
accusative kóse kóse kósa
genitive kósih kósih kósih
dative kósim kósim kósim
locative kósih kósih kósih
instrumental kósimi kósimi kósimi

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkóːs/
  • Tonal orthography: kọ̑s

Noun

kós m inan (genitive kósa, nominative plural kósi)

  1. piece
Declension
Declension of kós (masculine inan., hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative kós kósa kósi
accusative kós kósa kóse
genitive kósa kósov kósov
dative kósu kósoma kósom
locative kósu kósih kósih
instrumental kósom kósoma kósi

Etymology 3

From Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkóːs/
  • Tonal orthography: kọ̑s

Noun

kós m anim (genitive kósa, nominative plural kósi)

  1. blackbird
Declension
Declension of kós (masculine anim., hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative kós kósa kósi
accusative kósa kósa kóse
genitive kósa kósov kósov
dative kósu kósoma kósom
locative kósu kósih kósih
instrumental kósom kósoma kósi

Swedish

Noun

kos

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ko

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English cost.

Noun

kos

  1. cost

Etymology 2

From English cause.

Noun

kos

  1. cause
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