nøs

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nos"

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nøːs/, [nøːˀs]

Verb

nøs

  1. past of nyse

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *nasō (compare Low German Nees, German Nase, Norwegian nese ‘nose’), old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- ‘nose, nostril’ (compare Latin nāris ‘nostril’, nāsus ‘nose’, Lithuanian nósis, Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā) ‘nostrils’).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nøːs]

Noun

nøs f (genitive singular nasar, plural nasar)

  1. nose
  2. reprimand

Declension

f7 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nøs nøsin nasar nasarnar
accusative nøs nøsina nasar nasarnar
dative nøs nøsini nøsum, nasum nøsunum, nasunum
genitive nasar nasarinnar nasa nasanna

Derived terms

  • arnarnøs
  • kettunøs
  • nasablóð
  • nasadjarvur
  • nasadropi
  • nasagluggi
  • nasahola
  • nasarót
  • nasaryggur
  • stuttnøs
  • vatnnøs

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nøːs/, [nøʷːs]

Verb

nøs

  1. past of nyse