"oss" meaning in Old Irish

See oss in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈos/
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *uxsos, alternative form of *uxsū, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”). Etymology templates: {{der|sga|cel-pro||*uxsos}} Proto-Celtic *uxsos, {{der|sga|ine-pro|*uksḗn|t=bull}} Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”) Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|oiss|||||||nominative plural|oiss||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} oss m (genitive oiss, nominative plural oiss), {{sga-noun|m|oiss|oiss}} oss m (genitive oiss, nominative plural oiss) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-o-masc|oiss}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=oss+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=ossu+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=oss+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=o-m|dat_du=ossaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=ossaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=oss+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=oss|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=oss+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_pl4=|gen_sg=oiss+L|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=oss+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=oiss+L|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=oss|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=oss+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=ossu+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=oiss|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: oiss [genitive], oiss [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], oss [nominative, singular], oss [dual, nominative], oiss [nominative, plural], oiss [singular, vocative], oss [dual, vocative], ossu [plural, vocative], oss [accusative, singular], oss [accusative, dual], ossu [accusative, plural], oiss [genitive, singular], oss [dual, genitive], oss [genitive, plural], oss [dative, singular], ossaib [dative, dual], ossaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], oss [mutation, mutation-radical], pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments [mutation, mutation-radical], oss [lenition, mutation], n-oss [error-unrecognized-form, mutation], os [alternative]
  1. ox (any bovine animal) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-oss-sga-noun-tA28O4TS Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Bovines, Cervids Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Bovines: 85 15 Disambiguation of Cervids: 79 21
  2. deer, stag Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-oss-sga-noun-EpEDDxdG
     
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "os"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "os"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*uxsos"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*uksḗn",
        "t": "bull"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *uxsos, alternative form of *uxsū, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oiss",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oiss",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-o-masc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine o-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oiss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oiss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ossu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ossu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oiss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ossaib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ossaib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-oss",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "os",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "oiss",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "oiss",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "oss m (genitive oiss, nominative plural oiss)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "oiss",
        "3": "oiss"
      },
      "expansion": "oss m (genitive oiss, nominative plural oiss)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "oiss"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-o-masc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "ossu+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "oss+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "o-m",
        "dat_du": "ossaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "ossaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "oss+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "oss",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "oss+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_pl4": "",
        "gen_sg": "oiss+L",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "oss+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "oiss+L",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "oss",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "oss+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "ossu+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "oiss",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Bovines",
          "orig": "sga:Bovines",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Cervids",
          "orig": "sga:Cervids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ox (any bovine animal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-oss-sga-noun-tA28O4TS",
      "links": [
        [
          "ox",
          "ox"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "deer, stag"
      ],
      "id": "en-oss-sga-noun-EpEDDxdG",
      "links": [
        [
          "deer",
          "deer"
        ],
        [
          "stag",
          "stag"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oss"
}

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    "Old Irish lemmas",
    "Old Irish masculine nouns",
    "Old Irish masculine o-stem nouns",
    "Old Irish nouns",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 11 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "sga:Cervids"
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
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    },
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    }
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "t": "bull"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *uxsos, alternative form of *uxsū, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”).",
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      "form": "oiss",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oiss",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sga-decl-o-masc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine o-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "oiss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oiss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ossu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ossu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oiss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ossaib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ossaib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oss",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-oss",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "os",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "oiss",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "oiss",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "oss m (genitive oiss, nominative plural oiss)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "oiss",
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      },
      "expansion": "oss m (genitive oiss, nominative plural oiss)",
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "oiss"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-o-masc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "oss+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "ossu+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "oss+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "o-m",
        "dat_du": "ossaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "ossaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
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        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
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        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
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        "gen_pl3": "",
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        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
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        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "oiss+L",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "oss",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "oss+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "ossu+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "oiss",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ox (any bovine animal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ox",
          "ox"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "deer, stag"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deer",
          "deer"
        ],
        [
          "stag",
          "stag"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oss"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "oss"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "oss",
  "trace": ""
}

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