"nos" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /noːs/ Audio: Cy-nos.ogg
Rhymes: -oːs Etymology: PIE word *nókʷts From Middle Welsh nos, according to Matasovic, a loanword from Latin nox (“night”), but according to Falileyev, from Old Welsh nos, from Proto-Celtic *noxt-stu-, a suffixed form of *noxs (“night”) (the expected Welsh descendant of this would be **noeth). Cognates include Breton noz, Cornish nos and Gaulish nox. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|cy|nókʷts}} PIE word *nókʷts, {{inh|cy|wlm|nos}} Middle Welsh nos, {{der|cy|la|nox|t=night}} Latin nox (“night”), {{inh|cy|owl|nos}} Old Welsh nos, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*noxt-stu-}} Proto-Celtic *noxt-stu-, {{cog|br|noz}} Breton noz, {{cog|kw|nos}} Cornish nos, {{cog|cel-gau|nox}} Gaulish nox Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|-}} nos f (uncountable, not mutable)
  1. night, evening Tags: feminine, not-mutable, uncountable Related terms (Terms related to the root of nos): heno (english: tonight), neithiwr (english: last night), trannoeth (english: the day after)
    Sense id: en-nos-cy-noun-Zklgs4B2 Categories (other): Pages with 45 entries, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Time Derived forms (Terms derived from nos): brig y nos, min nos (english: gloaming; twilight), dan lenni'r nos (english: under cover of darkness), echnos (english: the night before last), gyda'r nos (english: at night, in the evening), llwydnos (english: dusk, twilight; grey night) [literally], nos da (english: goodnight), Nos Galan (english: New Year's Eve), Nos Galan Gaeaf (english: Halloween), noson (english: evening; night), noswaith, hwyrnos, dechreunos (english: evening), pythefnos (english: fortnight; fifteen nights) [literally], siwt nos (english: pajamas), wythnos (english: week; eight nights) [literally]

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "nókʷts"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *nókʷts",
      "name": "PIE word"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "nos"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh nos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "nox",
        "t": "night"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin nox (“night”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "nos"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh nos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*noxt-stu-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *noxt-stu-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "noz"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton noz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "nos"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish nos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "nox"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish nox",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *nókʷts\nFrom Middle Welsh nos, according to Matasovic, a loanword from Latin nox (“night”), but according to Falileyev, from Old Welsh nos, from Proto-Celtic *noxt-stu-, a suffixed form of *noxs (“night”) (the expected Welsh descendant of this would be **noeth).\nCognates include Breton noz, Cornish nos and Gaulish nox.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "nos f (uncountable, not mutable)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 45 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "cy:Time",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "word": "brig y nos"
        },
        {
          "english": "gloaming; twilight",
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "translation": "gloaming; twilight",
          "word": "min nos"
        },
        {
          "english": "under cover of darkness",
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "translation": "under cover of darkness",
          "word": "dan lenni'r nos"
        },
        {
          "english": "the night before last",
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "translation": "the night before last",
          "word": "echnos"
        },
        {
          "english": "at night, in the evening",
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "translation": "at night, in the evening",
          "word": "gyda'r nos"
        },
        {
          "english": "dusk, twilight; grey night",
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "tags": [
            "literally"
          ],
          "translation": "dusk, twilight; grey night",
          "word": "llwydnos"
        },
        {
          "english": "goodnight",
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "translation": "goodnight",
          "word": "nos da"
        },
        {
          "english": "New Year's Eve",
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "translation": "New Year's Eve",
          "word": "Nos Galan"
        },
        {
          "english": "Halloween",
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "translation": "Halloween",
          "word": "Nos Galan Gaeaf"
        },
        {
          "english": "evening; night",
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "translation": "evening; night",
          "word": "noson"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "word": "noswaith"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "word": "hwyrnos"
        },
        {
          "english": "evening",
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "translation": "evening",
          "word": "dechreunos"
        },
        {
          "english": "fortnight; fifteen nights",
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "tags": [
            "literally"
          ],
          "translation": "fortnight; fifteen nights",
          "word": "pythefnos"
        },
        {
          "english": "pajamas",
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "translation": "pajamas",
          "word": "siwt nos"
        },
        {
          "english": "week; eight nights",
          "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
          "tags": [
            "literally"
          ],
          "translation": "week; eight nights",
          "word": "wythnos"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "night, evening"
      ],
      "id": "en-nos-cy-noun-Zklgs4B2",
      "links": [
        [
          "night",
          "night"
        ],
        [
          "evening",
          "evening"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "tonight",
          "sense": "Terms related to the root of nos",
          "translation": "tonight",
          "word": "heno"
        },
        {
          "english": "last night",
          "sense": "Terms related to the root of nos",
          "translation": "last night",
          "word": "neithiwr"
        },
        {
          "english": "the day after",
          "sense": "Terms related to the root of nos",
          "translation": "the day after",
          "word": "trannoeth"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "not-mutable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/noːs/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Cy-nos.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fa/Cy-nos.ogg/Cy-nos.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Cy-nos.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oːs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nos"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "word": "brig y nos"
    },
    {
      "english": "gloaming; twilight",
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "translation": "gloaming; twilight",
      "word": "min nos"
    },
    {
      "english": "under cover of darkness",
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "translation": "under cover of darkness",
      "word": "dan lenni'r nos"
    },
    {
      "english": "the night before last",
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "translation": "the night before last",
      "word": "echnos"
    },
    {
      "english": "at night, in the evening",
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "translation": "at night, in the evening",
      "word": "gyda'r nos"
    },
    {
      "english": "dusk, twilight; grey night",
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "dusk, twilight; grey night",
      "word": "llwydnos"
    },
    {
      "english": "goodnight",
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "translation": "goodnight",
      "word": "nos da"
    },
    {
      "english": "New Year's Eve",
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "translation": "New Year's Eve",
      "word": "Nos Galan"
    },
    {
      "english": "Halloween",
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "translation": "Halloween",
      "word": "Nos Galan Gaeaf"
    },
    {
      "english": "evening; night",
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "translation": "evening; night",
      "word": "noson"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "word": "noswaith"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "word": "hwyrnos"
    },
    {
      "english": "evening",
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "translation": "evening",
      "word": "dechreunos"
    },
    {
      "english": "fortnight; fifteen nights",
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "fortnight; fifteen nights",
      "word": "pythefnos"
    },
    {
      "english": "pajamas",
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "translation": "pajamas",
      "word": "siwt nos"
    },
    {
      "english": "week; eight nights",
      "sense": "Terms derived from nos",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "week; eight nights",
      "word": "wythnos"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "nókʷts"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *nókʷts",
      "name": "PIE word"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "nos"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh nos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "nox",
        "t": "night"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin nox (“night”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "nos"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh nos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*noxt-stu-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *noxt-stu-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "noz"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton noz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "nos"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish nos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "nox"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish nox",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *nókʷts\nFrom Middle Welsh nos, according to Matasovic, a loanword from Latin nox (“night”), but according to Falileyev, from Old Welsh nos, from Proto-Celtic *noxt-stu-, a suffixed form of *noxs (“night”) (the expected Welsh descendant of this would be **noeth).\nCognates include Breton noz, Cornish nos and Gaulish nox.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "nos f (uncountable, not mutable)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "tonight",
      "sense": "Terms related to the root of nos",
      "translation": "tonight",
      "word": "heno"
    },
    {
      "english": "last night",
      "sense": "Terms related to the root of nos",
      "translation": "last night",
      "word": "neithiwr"
    },
    {
      "english": "the day after",
      "sense": "Terms related to the root of nos",
      "translation": "the day after",
      "word": "trannoeth"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 45 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Welsh/oːs",
        "Rhymes:Welsh/oːs/1 syllable",
        "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
        "Welsh feminine nouns",
        "Welsh lemmas",
        "Welsh non-mutable terms",
        "Welsh nouns",
        "Welsh terms derived from Latin",
        "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
        "Welsh terms derived from Old Welsh",
        "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *nókʷts",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Old Welsh",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Welsh uncountable nouns",
        "cy:Time"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "night, evening"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "night",
          "night"
        ],
        [
          "evening",
          "evening"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "not-mutable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/noːs/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Cy-nos.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fa/Cy-nos.ogg/Cy-nos.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Cy-nos.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oːs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nos"
}

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