"foss" meaning in Icelandic

See foss in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fɔsː/, [fɔs̠ː] [Iceland, Northern, Southern]
Rhymes: -ɔsː Etymology: Inherited from Old Norse fors. Cognates: Faroese fossur, Norwegian fors, Danish fors, Swedish fors, English force (in the sense of a waterfall), Middle Low German vorsch and Norn fors. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|is|non|fors|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Norse fors, {{inh+|is|non|fors}} Inherited from Old Norse fors, {{cog|fo|fossur}} Faroese fossur, {{cog|no|fors}} Norwegian fors, {{cog|da|fos|fors}} Danish fors, {{cog|sv|fors}} Swedish fors, {{cog|en|force}} English force, {{cog|gml|vorsch}} Middle Low German vorsch, {{cog|nrn|fors}} Norn fors Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} foss m (genitive singular foss, nominative plural fossar) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|m}} Forms: foss [genitive, singular], fossar [nominative, plural], masculine [table-tags], foss [indefinite, nominative, singular], fossinn [definite, nominative, singular], fossar [indefinite, nominative, plural], fossarnir [definite, nominative, plural], foss [accusative, indefinite, singular], fossinn [accusative, definite, singular], fossa [accusative, indefinite, plural], fossana [accusative, definite, plural], fossi [dative, indefinite, singular], fossinum [dative, definite, singular], fossum [dative, indefinite, plural], fossunum [dative, definite, plural], foss [genitive, indefinite, singular], fossins [definite, genitive, singular], fossa [genitive, indefinite, plural], fossanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff) Wikipedia link: is:foss Tags: masculine Synonyms: fors
    Sense id: en-foss-is-noun-VrsG5E~B Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 6 15 3 5 8 14 12 16 4 16 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 2 9 1 1 13 19 20 24 2 10 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 10 1 1 12 18 20 22 1 14 0

Inflected forms

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