Inherited fromProto-Slavic*ǫsъ.
fous m inan (diminutivefousek)
- whisker(a hair of the beard)
Declension offous (hard masculine inanimate)
fous
- masculineplural offou
fous m
- plural offou
fous
- inflection offoutre:
- first/second-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
fous m orf
- (nonstandard)alternative form ofvous
fous
- second-personsingularpresentindicative offouen
Inherited fromOld Englishfūs(“ready, eager”), fromProto-West Germanic*funs, fromProto-Germanic*funsaz.
fous(poetic)
- ready,eager,willing,prompt
- Þei were alsofous to fiȝt. —Otuel
- ardent,motivated,brave
- Heo ne mihte wel reste in hous, heo was so walkynge and sofous; To pley and rage þhouȝte hire swete. —Northern Homily Cycle: Narrationes, 1390