wos
See also: Appendix:Variations of "wos"
English
editVerb
editwos
- Eye dialect spelling of was.
- 1876, Edward Everett Hale, “Phillip Nolan's Friends; or, 'Show Your Passports!'”, in Scribner's Monthly, volume XII, number 1, page 20:
- She wos real good to 'em all, she wos, ma'am.
- (Mid-Ulster) was
- 1983, William Forbes Marshall, John the Liar:
- But there wos John, he had his two han's up,
Anagrams
editBavarian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German waz, hwaz, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Cognate with German was, Silesian East Central German woas (was), Dutch wat, English what, Danish hvad.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editwos
- (interrogative) what
- Wos gibts'n heid z'Mittåg? ― What's for lunch today?
- (relative) which (referring to the entire preceding clause)
- Sie is a guade Tänzerin, wos er bewundert. ― She is a good dancer, which he admires.
- (relative) that, which (referring to des, ois, ollas, wos/wås, nix, and neuter substantival adjectives)
- Des is nix, wos ma ned repariern ko. ― This is nothing that you can't fix.
- Er håd ois gsågt, wos er waß. ― He has told everything that he knows.
- (relative, chiefly East Central Bavarian) that, which, who, whom (referring to any term in the preceding clause)
- Synonym: (West Central) wo
- Des is de Frau, wos i gsehn håb. ― This is the woman who I saw.
- Koatn gibt's åm Schoiter, wos då hintn is. ― Tickets are available at the counter which is back there.
- (relative, East Central Bavarian) (inserted after the relative pronouns der, de, des, dem, den, dena, dera
- Synonym: (West Central) wo
- Des is de Frau, de wos i gsehn håb. ― This is the woman who I saw.
- Koatn gibt's åm Schoiter, der wos då hintn is. ― Tickets are available at the counter which is back there.
- (indefinite) something, anything
- I håb wos gfunden. ― I've found something.
- (interrogative) why (with emphasis, astonishment or disapproval)
- Wos håst des gmåcht? ― Why on earth did you do that?
Catawba
editEtymology
editThe word is related to wus, wuss (“wasp”).
Noun
editwos
Javanese
editRomanization
editwos
- Romanization of ꦮꦺꦴꦱ꧀
Lower Sorbian
editNoun
editwos f inan (diminutive woska)
Declension
editMiddle English
editPronoun
editwos
- Alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)
Mokilese
editPronunciation
editNoun
editwos
Old English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *wōs, from Proto-Germanic *wōsą, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”). Akin to Middle Low German wose (“foam; froth”), Old English wāse (“marsh; mire”).
Noun
editwōs n (nominative plural wōs)
- juice, sap; moisture
- Leech Book, Leech Book, Volume I, Fiveleaf, or Cinquefoil. III.
- Wiþ ǣlces dæġes mannes tȳddernysse inneweardes, nime þonne weġbrǣdan, dō on wīn and sūp þ wōs and et þā weġbrǣdan; ðonne dēah hit wið ǣġhwylcre innancundre unhǣlo.
- For every days tenderness of a man inwardly, let him take then waybread, put it in wine, and sip the juice and eat the waybread; then it is good for any inward unheal (infirmity).
- Leech Book, Leech Book, Volume I, Fiveleaf, or Cinquefoil. III.
Declension
editDeclension of wos (strong a-stem)
Related terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editInflected forms.
Noun
editwōs
Tok Pisin
editNoun
editwos
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