gos

Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

gos m (plural goses)

1. dog

• can
• cocho
• chucho

• ca

• goç (obsolete)

Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

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

• Audio (Valencia):

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gos m (plural gossos, feminine gossa)

1. dog

   Synonyms: ca, quisso

2. (figurative) a lazy man

   Synonyms: gandul, malfeiner

3. laziness

   Synonym: mandra

• “gos” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “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, 2024

From Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”). Compare Breton gwaz, Welsh gwas and Old Irish foss.

gos

1. servant, servant of- (in name-formations)

• (2006) Celtic Culture: A-Celti
• Name-formations (e.g. Gosmungo, Gospatric)

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

• IPA^(key): /kɔːs/
• Rhymes: -ɔːs

gos n (genitive singular goss, nominative plural gos)

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

Declension of gos
n-s	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

• (soda): gosdrykkur

• eldgos
• ferðamannagos
• gosberg
• gosdrykkur

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

• sog

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔsˠ/, /ɡəsˠ/

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 inniu ― up to today, until the present day

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

gos

1. Alternative form of goos

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

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkos/

gos

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

• 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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡus]

• Audio (Languedoc):

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gos m (plural gosses)

1. dog

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːs/

gōs f

1. goose
   • Exeter Book:

     Hwīlum iċ grǣde swā gōs.

     Sometimes I cry like a goose.

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

gos n

1. Alternative form of gās

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь.

• IPA^(key): /ɡóːs/

gọ̑s f

1. goose

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

• “gos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Deverbal from gosa.

gos n (colloquial)

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

gos

1. ear