From the traditionalAshkenazi pronunciation ofHebrew ־וֹת ( “ -ót ” ) , and its descendant,Yiddish ־ות ( -es ) .
-os
Used to form plurals of some Hebrew and Yiddish loanwords, usually ending in-a or-ah . ( forming plurals of Hebrew loanwords ) : -as , -ahs ,-ot ,-oth FromLatin -ōsus .
-os m (feminine singular -oasã ,masculine plural -osh ,feminine plural -oasi or -oase ) or (feminine -ose ,feminine plural -osi )
-ous ; used to form adjectivesThe Esperanto suffixes-as ,-is ,-os ,-us are related, and appear to have been inspired by previous language projects:
This play of vowels is not an original idea of Zamenhof's:-as, -is, -os are found for the three tenses of the infinitive in Faiguet's system of 1765;-a, -i, -o without a consonant are used like Z's-as, -is, -os by Rudelle (1858); Courtonne in 1885 had-am, -im, -om in the same values, and the similarity with Esperanto is here even more perfect than in the other projects, as-um corresponds to Z's-us. —An International Language (1928) -os
will ;ending of future tense in verbs. Mi iros al la vendejo. ―Iwill go to the store. FromProto-Finnic *-os . Equivalent to-o +-s , or re-extracted from verbs with stems ending ino .
-os (front vowel harmony variant -ös ,linguistic notation -Os )
Forms nouns denoting the result of the action of a verb. liittää ( “ to join ” ) + -os → liitos ( “ joining, joint ” ) muuntaa ( “ to change, convert ” ) + -os → muunnos ( “ conversion ” ) Roots with the neutral front vowels-e- ,-i- take the back-vocalic allomorph-os (e.g.pettää ( “ to deceive, to betray ” ) →petos ( “ betrayal, fraud ” ) ,piirtää ( “ to draw ” ) →piirros ( “ drawing ” ) ). The form-ös is only used when the first syllable of the root contains what is considered a front vowel under harmony, i.e.-ä- ,-ö- or-y- (e.g.kääntää ( “ to turn; to translate ” ) →käännös ( “ turn; translation ” ) ,kytkeä ( “ to connect ” ) →kytkös ( “ connection ” ) ,näyttää ( “ to show ” ) →näytös ( “ act ” ) ).
Inflection of-os (Kotus type 39/vastaus , no gradation)nominative -os -okset genitive -oksen -osten -oksien partitive -osta -oksia illative -okseen -oksiin singular plural nominative -os -okset accusative nom. -os -okset gen. -oksen genitive -oksen -osten -oksien partitive -osta -oksia inessive -oksessa -oksissa elative -oksesta -oksista illative -okseen -oksiin adessive -oksella -oksilla ablative -okselta -oksilta allative -okselle -oksille essive -oksena -oksina translative -okseksi -oksiksi abessive -oksetta -oksitta instructive — -oksin comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of-os (Kotus type 39/vastaus , no gradation) first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative -okseni -okseni accusative nom. -okseni -okseni gen. -okseni genitive -okseni -osteni -oksieni partitive -ostani -oksiani inessive -oksessani -oksissani elative -oksestani -oksistani illative -okseeni -oksiini adessive -oksellani -oksillani ablative -okseltani -oksiltani allative -okselleni -oksilleni essive -oksenani -oksinani translative -oksekseni -oksikseni abessive -oksettani -oksittani instructive — — comitative — -oksineni
second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative -oksesi -oksesi accusative nom. -oksesi -oksesi gen. -oksesi genitive -oksesi -ostesi -oksiesi partitive -ostasi -oksiasi inessive -oksessasi -oksissasi elative -oksestasi -oksistasi illative -okseesi -oksiisi adessive -oksellasi -oksillasi ablative -okseltasi -oksiltasi allative -oksellesi -oksillesi essive -oksenasi -oksinasi translative -okseksesi -oksiksesi abessive -oksettasi -oksittasi instructive — — comitative — -oksinesi
first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative -oksemme -oksemme accusative nom. -oksemme -oksemme gen. -oksemme genitive -oksemme -ostemme -oksiemme partitive -ostamme -oksiamme inessive -oksessamme -oksissamme elative -oksestamme -oksistamme illative -okseemme -oksiimme adessive -oksellamme -oksillamme ablative -okseltamme -oksiltamme allative -oksellemme -oksillemme essive -oksenamme -oksinamme translative -okseksemme -oksiksemme abessive -oksettamme -oksittamme instructive — — comitative — -oksinemme
second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative -oksenne -oksenne accusative nom. -oksenne -oksenne gen. -oksenne genitive -oksenne -ostenne -oksienne partitive -ostanne -oksianne inessive -oksessanne -oksissanne elative -oksestanne -oksistanne illative -okseenne -oksiinne adessive -oksellanne -oksillanne ablative -okseltanne -oksiltanne allative -oksellenne -oksillenne essive -oksenanne -oksinanne translative -okseksenne -oksiksenne abessive -oksettanne -oksittanne instructive — — comitative — -oksinenne
third-person possessor singular plural nominative -oksensa -oksensa accusative nom. -oksensa -oksensa gen. -oksensa genitive -oksensa -ostensa -oksiensa partitive -ostaan -ostansa -oksiaan -oksiansa inessive -oksessaan -oksessansa -oksissaan -oksissansa elative -oksestaan -oksestansa -oksistaan -oksistansa illative -okseensa -oksiinsa adessive -oksellaan -oksellansa -oksillaan -oksillansa ablative -okseltaan -okseltansa -oksiltaan -oksiltansa allative -okselleen -oksellensa -oksilleen -oksillensa essive -oksenaan -oksenansa -oksinaan -oksinansa translative -oksekseen -okseksensa -oksikseen -oksiksensa abessive -oksettaan -oksettansa -oksittaan -oksittansa instructive — — comitative — -oksineen -oksinensa
Variant of-o .
-os
( slang ) Slang ending of nouns, adjectives and adverbs (without changing the meaning)Nouns :
Adjectives :
Adverbs :
-os
( adjective-forming suffix ) Added to anoun to form anadjective meaning "having something"; sometimes referred to asornative . kar ( “ arm ” ) + -os → karos ( “ something with an arm ” ) , for examplekarosszék ( “ armchair, a chair with an arm ” ) ( noun-forming suffix ) Added to anoun to form anoun , for example an occupation or a collective noun. asztal ( “ table ” ) + -os → asztalos ( “ carpenter ” ) akác ( “ acacia ” ) + -os → akácos ( “ acacia grove ” ) ( number-forming suffix ) Added to acardinal number to form a digit or figure, cf.the relevant template . hat ( “ six ” ) + -os → hatos ( “ the digit or figure six ” ) ( frequentative suffix ) Added to averb to form a new verb expressing repetitive action. No longer productive in this sense. fut ( “ to run ” ) + -os → futos ( “ to run back and forth ” ) (dated, modern versionfutkos )( all senses ) Variants:-s is added to words ending in a vowel. Final-a changes to-á- . Final-e changes to-é- .-os is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant-as is added toother back-vowel words ending in a consonant-es is added to unrounded (andsome rounded ) front-vowel words ending in a consonant-ös is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant→ Pannonian Rusyn:-ош ( -oš ) Borrowed from Esperanto -os ,back-formation from-as .
-os
desinence of thefuture tense inverbs FromProto-Finnic *-os . Cognates includeFinnish -os .
-os (front vowel variant -ös )
Forms nouns denoting the result of the action of a verb. pettää ( “ to betray ” ) + -os → petos ( “ betrayal ” ) kirjuttaa ( “ to write ” ) + -os → kirjutos ( “ writing ” ) See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
-os
inessive singular of-o See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
-os
inessive singular of-o V. I. Junus (1936 ),Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka [1] , Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page56 -ōs
accusative masculine plural of-us -os
Old Latin form of-us ( suffix of nouns in thesecond declension ) -os
alternative form of-ous -os
alternative form of-us -os m pl (non-lemma form of noun-forming suffix )
plural of-o -os m pl (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix )
masculine plural of-o Inherited fromLatin -ōsus ( “ full (of) ” ) .
-os m or n (feminine singular -oasă ,masculine plural -oși ,feminine and neuter plural -oase )
Forms adjectives; -ous -os
diminutive suffix, usually indicating an element of endearment plant ( “ children ” ) + -os → plantos ( “ kiddies ” ) merched ( “ girls ” ) + -os → merchetos ( “ little girls ” ) tai ( “ houses ” ) + -os → teios ( “ small houses ” ) area characterised by a particular plant bedw ( “ birch ” ) + -os → bedwos ( “ birch grove, place where birch grow ” ) grug ( “ heather ” ) + -os → grugos ( “ heath ” ) brwyn ( “ rushes ” ) + -os → brwynos ( “ brwynos ” ) -os can only be added to plural or collective nouns.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-os ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies