"moș" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Romanian]

Audio: LL-Q7913 (ron)-Filosoful-moș.wav
Etymology: Unknown. Moș and its feminine counterpart moașă (“midwife; old woman”) (which appears to be older) are often considered substratum words related to Albanian moshë or derived from it, but can also possibly be from Latin annōsus (“aged, old, full of years”) with a loss of the initial vowel as in some other cases (compare mătușă, noaten, nămaie), and the -ș- sound formed as with coș. The change of -n- to -m- is more unusual, but has other instances as well (compare măgar, miel, miță). Its presence in all Eastern Romance languages (compare Aromanian mosh, moashi) and the addition of the prefix stră- also indicates that it is an old word and probably from a Latin source. Etymology templates: {{unk|ro}} Unknown, {{der|ro|sq|moshë}} Albanian moshë, {{der|ro|la|annōsus||aged, old, full of years}} Latin annōsus (“aged, old, full of years”), {{cog|rup|mosh}} Aromanian mosh Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|moși}} moș m (plural moși) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|gpd=moșilor|gpi=moși|gsd=moșului|gsi=moș|n=|npd=moșii|npi=moși|nsd=moșul|nsi=moș|vp=moșilor|vs=moșule|vs2=}} Forms: moși [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], moș [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], moșul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], moși [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], moșii [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], moș [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], moșului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], moși [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], moșilor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], moșule [singular, vocative], moșilor [plural, vocative]
  1. an old man Tags: masculine Synonyms: bătrân
    Sense id: en-moș-ro-noun-xxxxrGP~ Categories (other): Age, Male people Disambiguation of Age: 100 0 Disambiguation of Male people: 70 30
  2. (informal, chiefly in the definite) Santa Claus, Santa, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, Santa Claus Tags: informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-moș-ro-noun-IW758XHY Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Romanian entries with incorrect language header: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: moașă, Moș Crăciun, moșie, moșier, moșnean, moșteni, strămoș Related terms: babă

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "moașă"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Moș Crăciun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "moșie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "moșier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "moșnean"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "moșteni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "strămoș"
    }
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      "expansion": "Unknown",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "sq",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "annōsus",
        "4": "",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "rup",
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      },
      "expansion": "Aromanian mosh",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Moș and its feminine counterpart moașă (“midwife; old woman”) (which appears to be older) are often considered substratum words related to Albanian moshë or derived from it, but can also possibly be from Latin annōsus (“aged, old, full of years”) with a loss of the initial vowel as in some other cases (compare mătușă, noaten, nămaie), and the -ș- sound formed as with coș. The change of -n- to -m- is more unusual, but has other instances as well (compare măgar, miel, miță). Its presence in all Eastern Romance languages (compare Aromanian mosh, moashi) and the addition of the prefix stră- also indicates that it is an old word and probably from a Latin source.",
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      "form": "moși",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "moș",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "moșule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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        "gsi": "moș",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "moșii",
        "npi": "moși",
        "nsd": "moșul",
        "nsi": "moș",
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        "vs": "moșule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "babă"
    }
  ],
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          "_dis": "100 0",
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          "name": "Age",
          "orig": "ro:Age",
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        },
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          "name": "Male people",
          "orig": "ro:Male people",
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        }
      ],
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        "an old man"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "old man",
          "old man"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bătrân"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
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              21,
              26
            ]
          ],
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            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Look what Santa brought us! A new book!",
          "text": "Ia uite ce ne-a adus moșul! O nouă carte!",
          "translation": "Look what Santa brought us! A new book!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Santa Claus, Santa, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, Santa Claus"
      ],
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          "Santa Claus",
          "Santa Claus"
        ],
        [
          "Santa",
          "Santa"
        ],
        [
          "Saint Nick",
          "Saint Nick"
        ],
        [
          "Kris Kringle",
          "Kris Kringle"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal, chiefly in the definite) Santa Claus, Santa, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, Santa Claus"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the definite"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Romanian countable nouns",
    "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Romanian lemmas",
    "Romanian masculine nouns",
    "Romanian nouns",
    "Romanian terms derived from Albanian",
    "Romanian terms derived from Latin",
    "Romanian terms with unknown etymologies",
    "ro:Age",
    "ro:Male people"
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      "word": "moașă"
    },
    {
      "word": "Moș Crăciun"
    },
    {
      "word": "moșie"
    },
    {
      "word": "moșier"
    },
    {
      "word": "moșnean"
    },
    {
      "word": "moșteni"
    },
    {
      "word": "strămoș"
    }
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        "singular"
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    },
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    },
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      "form": "moșule",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moșilor",
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        "npi": "moși",
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        "vs2": ""
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "an old man"
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          "english": "Look what Santa brought us! A new book!",
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