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hos

See also: HOS, Hos., hoş, hös, hős, and hoš

English

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Noun

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hos

  1. plural of ho
    • 2007 January 14, Henry Alford, “Books on Broadway”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      talkin’, talkin’ ’bout emperor’s children: ivy league pimps and hos.

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Cornish

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Etymology

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From Old Cornish *hoet, from Proto-Brythonic *(s)awyetos (hence Breton houad and Middle Welsh hwyat), from Proto-Celtic *awis (compare dialectal Irish aoi (“swan”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”) (compare Latin avis).

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IPA(key): /hɔs/, [hɔz]

Noun

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hos m (plural heyji)

  1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

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Danish

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Originally an unstressed form of hus (“house”) undergoing a development in meaning from "at someone's house" to "with someone" – analogous to the development of Latin casa (“house”) to French chez (“at (the house of)”). Displaced Old Norse hjá.

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hos

  1. at X's abode
    Vi var på besøg hos Ahmad.
    We visited Ahmad in his abode.
    Jeg sov hos en veninde.
    I slept at a friend's place.
  2. in X's view; as X expresses it in their writings
    • 1877, Fredrik Petersen, Dr. Søren Kierkegaards Christendomsforkyndelse, page 544:
      Maalet er hos Kierkegaard som hos Hegel et selvbevidst Liv, der af begge kaldes Aand, ...
      The goal, according to Kierkegaard is, as according to Hegel, a self-conscious life, which both of them call spirit/spirituality, ...
    • 2001, Sundhedsplejerske-institutionens dannelse: en kulturteoretisk og kulturhistorisk analyse af velfaerdsstatens embedsvaerk, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 132:
      Muligheden for at vælge forkert er hos Hegel til stede.
      The possibility of choosing wrong is present in the view that Hegel expresses.
    • 2015, Svend Brinkmann, Identitet, Klim, →ISBN:
      Etik er derfor hos Foucault noget andet end moral, der er det filosofiske studium af gode, rigtige handlinger.
      In Foucault's writings, ethics is therefore different from morality, which is the philosophical study of good, right actions.

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Dutch

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Verb

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hos

  1. inflection of hossen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Irish

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Noun

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hos m

  1. h-prothesized form of os

Latin

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Pronoun

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hōs

  1. accusative masculine plural of hic

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz.

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  • IPA(key): /hɔːs/, /hɔːrs/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /hɑːs/, /hɑːrs/

Adjective

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hos (plural and weak singular hose)

  1. Hoarse; harsh-sounding.
  2. (rare) Unclear-sounding; hard to detect.
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  • English: hoarse
  • Scots: hairse, hairsh, haise
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hos (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state of being hoarse or an example of it.
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Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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hos

  1. (Late Middle English, rare) Alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)

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Etymology

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From Middle High German hase, from Old High German haso, from Proto-West Germanic *hasō, from Proto-Germanic *hasô (“hare”). Cognate with German Hase, English hare.

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hos m

  1. hare

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Developed from hus; cognate with Danish hos, Swedish hos. Partially displaced inherited hjå from Old Norse hjá.

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hos

  1. at, by, with

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Developed from hus; cognate with Danish hos, Swedish hos. Partially displaced inherited hjå from Old Norse hjá.

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hos

  1. at, by, with

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Old Cornish

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Etymology

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from Old English hosan

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hos

  1. boot

Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *hansō. Cognate with Old High German hansa.

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hōs f

  1. escort; company; troop
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Declension of hos (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hōs hōsa, hōse
accusative hōse hōsa, hōse
genitive hōse hōsa
dative hōse hōsum

Etymology 2

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Unknown.

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hōs f

  2. bramble
  3. thorn
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Declension of hos (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hōs hōsa, hōse
accusative hōse hōsa, hōse
genitive hōse hōsa
dative hōse hōsum

Etymology 3

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Unknown.

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hos m

  1. sprout, shoot, tendril
  2. bramble
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a-stem
Declension of hos (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hos hossas
accusative hos hossas
genitive hosses hossa
dative hosse hossum
u-stem
Declension of hos (strong u-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hōs hōsa
accusative hōs hōsa
genitive hōsa hōsa
dative hōsa hōsum

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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Compare Old Swedish i hoss (“close by, nearby”); probably from a weak form of Old Swedish hūs (“house”) (Swedish hus); cognate with Danish hos. Compare Icelandic hjá (“at, by”) from hjón (“married couple”), French chez (“to/at the house of”) from Latin casa (“house”).

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hos

  1. at someone's place or building, usually their home or workplace. Same as Icelandic hjá.
    Jag är hos djävulen.
    I am at the devil's place; I am in hell.
    Johan är hos sig.
    Johan is at his own place.
  2. with someone (used instead of med with a few static verbs, such as stay)
    Stanna hos mig!
    Stay with me!
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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hos

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ho

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English horse.

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hos

  1. horse
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