bos

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Bosnian or Serbo-Croatian bòsanskī.

Symbol

bos

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Bosnian.

English

Noun

bos

1. plural of bo

Anagrams

• OSB, SOB, sob, SBO, obs, BSO, obs., Obs, OBs

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /bɔ˧˩/
• (Lianghe) [pɑ⁵⁵]
• (Longchuan) [pɔ⁵⁵]
• (Luxi) [pa³¹]
• (Xiandao) [pɔ³¹]

Verb

bos

1. to have
2. to accompany, be associated with

Derived terms

• bos loh

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page 13

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch bos, from Middle Dutch bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

bos (plural bosse, diminutive bossie)

1. wood, forest
2. bush, shrub
3. bunch, bundle, sheaf, bouquet

   Hy het vir my 'n bossie blomme gegee.

   He gave me a bunch/bouquet of flowers.

Derived terms

• bosbedryf
• bosbeheer
• bosbestuur
• bosbewaring
• bosbewoner
• boskraai
• bosveld
• boswagter
• boswerker
• heuningbos
• kankerbos
• renosterbos
• rooibos

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Verb

bos (past min bos, future go bos, completive dun bos, imperfective a bos)

1. burst

Aragonese

Pronoun

bos

1. superseded spelling of vos

Cornish

Alternative forms

• bones

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːz/
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): (verbal noun) /ˈboːz/, (long forms, e.g. ero'ma, ere'vy) /ˈɛrɐ/, (preterite) /ˈbiː/

Etymology 1

Suppletive verb:

• Forms beginning with b- are from Proto-Brythonic *bod, from Proto-Celtic *butā (“being, existence”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”). Cognate with Breton bout, Irish bheith, Scottish Gaelic bhith, and Welsh bod.
• Forms such as ov / os / yw (etc.) can be compared to Welsh wyf / wyt / yw (etc.) and are ultimately from Proto-Celtic *esti rather than *butā. Their analogous forms beginning with es- can be compared to the Welsh forms beginning with yd-.

Verb

bos (irregular)

1. to be
2. (Revived Late Cornish, future, preterite or conditional tenses) to have; to get

   My a veu own.

   I was frightened.

   (literally, “I had fright.”)

   Nei via pris da rag an hern.

   We would get a good price for the pilchards.

   Termyn aral hwei vedh moy.

   Another time you will have more.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bos (irregular)

			singular			plural			impersonal
			first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	short	ov	os	yw	on	owgh	yns	or
		long	esov	esos	yma, eus, usi†	eson	esowgh	ymons, esons†	eder
	future		bydhav	bythydh	bydh	bydhyn	bydhowgh	bydhons	bydher
	preterite		beuv	beus	beu	beun	bewgh	bons	beus
	simple imperfect	short	en	es	o	en	ewgh	ens	os
		long	esen	eses	esa	esen	esewgh	esens	eses
	habitual imperfect		bedhen	bedhes	bedha	bedhen	bedhewgh	bedhens	bedhes
	pluperfect		bien	bies	bia	bien	biewgh	biens	bies
subjunctive	present/future		biv	bi	bo	byn	bowgh	bons	ber
	imperfect		ben	bes	be	ben	bewgh	bens	bes
imperative			-	bydh	bedhes	bedhen	bedhewgh	bedhens	-
non-finite forms			present participle		ow pos	verbal adjective		bedhys*

† yma and ymons are the independent forms − eus, usi and esons are the dependent forms − usi is used with definite subjects, eus is used with indefinite subjects
*bedhys is only found in compound words − e.g. godhvedhys - ("known")

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *bod, from Proto-Celtic *butā (“hut, cabin”). Cognate with Breton bod, Irish and Scottish Gaelic both, and Welsh bod.

Noun

bos f (plural bosow)

1. abode, dwelling

Derived terms

• bosik (“small habitation”)
• boslan (“plantation”)

Etymology 3

Presumably from English bush.

Noun

bos m (plural bosow)

1. bush

Derived terms

• bosek (“bushy”)
• gwydhvos (“honeysuckle”)

Mutation

Mutation of bos

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
bos	vos	unchanged	pos	fos, vos*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbos]

Adjective

bos

1. (literary) short masculine singular of bosý

   Synonym: bosky

Derived terms

• na boso

Related terms

• bosý

Further reading

• “bos”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bos”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

Possibly from Latin buxus (“box tree”).

Noun

bos m

1. oak tree

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

bos m

1. thigh, hind quarters

Danish

Noun

bos n

1. indefinite genitive singular of bo

Dutch

een bos (n, a forest)

Alternative forms

• bosch (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bos
• Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun

bos n (plural bossen, diminutive bosje n)

1. wood, forest

   Zij ging wandelen in de bossen. ― She went walking in the woods.

2. (Suriname) jungle, tropical rainforest
   • 2013, Scrappy W, “Super Saamaka”:

     Ik woon in de stad en ik kom uit het bos / Toerisme gestudeerd en ik ben tevens kok / Mensen vinden me tof, grof, onbeschoft / en respect voor mijn buurvrouw want die noemt me os

     I live in the city and I'm from the jungle / Studied tourism and I am also a cook / People think I am harsh, rude, uncouth / and respect for my neighbour because she calls me an ox

Derived terms

• bebossen
• biesbos
• bosachtig
• bosbedrijf
• bosbeheer
• bosbes
• bosbewaring
• bosbewoner
• bosbouw
• bosbrand
• bosjavaan
• boskoe
• bosland
• bosloos
• bosneger
• bospolitie
• bosrand
• bossig
• bosvogel
• boswachter
• boswandeling
• boswezen
• dennenbos
• door de bomen het bos niet meer zien
• geriefbos
• loofbos
• miltvuurbos
• naaldbos
• oerbos
• ontbossen
• ooibos
• pestbos
• rabattenbos
• rooibos
• schaambos

taxa

• bosaardbei
• bosanemoon
• bosereprijs
• boshoen
• boshyacint
• boskalkoen
• boskonijn
• bosmarmot
• bosmier
• bospaardenstaart
• bosrank
• bosrietzanger
• bosruiter
• bossalie
• bosspitsmuis
• bosuil

toponyms

• Adriaan Tripbos
• Ballastplaatbos
• Bedumerbos
• Beijumerbos
• Bellingwolderbos
• Beusebos
• Bevrijdingsbos
• Blijhamsterbos
• Corversbos
• Diemerbos
• Dingebos
• Donkere Bos
• Dr. Hommesbos
• Drevenbos
• Formerumerbos
• Haarsterbos
• Hollumerbos
• Hoornerbos
• Horstenerbos
• Huisweersterbos
• Kweekbos
• Kwelbos
• Lauwersoogbos
• Marnebos
• Meebos
• Middelstumerbos
• Nanninga's Bos
• Nesserbos
• Nieuwe Schanskerbos
• Noordlaarderbos
• Oostbos
• Pekelder Bos
• Quintusbos
• Roelagerbos
• Scharlakenbos
• Schinkelbos
• Steendamsterbos
• Telegraafbos
• Tempelbos
• Ten Boersterbos
• Vierhuizerbos
• Vledderbos
• Vlinderbalgbos
• W.H. Vliegenbos
• Wagenborgerbos
• Warffumerbos
• Winschoterbos
• Zuidwalbos

Related terms

• bosschage

Noun

bos m (plural bossen, diminutive bosje n)

1. bunch, bouquet

   Voor het recept hebben we een bosje radijzen nodig. ― We need a bunch of radishes for the recipe.

   Hij bracht een bosje bloemen mee. ― He brought me a bouquet of flowers.

Derived terms

• biesbos
• bos hout voor de deur
• bossen
• bosui
• takkenbos

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bos
• Berbice Creole Dutch: bosi
• Negerhollands: boesch, bosch
• → Aukan: bosu
• → Caribbean Javanese: bos (bunch, bundle)
• → English: bush
  • Tok Pisin: bus
  • → Dutch: bush, bushbush
• →? Guyanese Creole English: bush
• → Indonesian: bos
• → Papiamentu: bòshi, bosji (from the diminutive)
• → Sranan Tongo: bosu (bunch, bundle)
• → Sranan Tongo: busi (forest)
  • → Caribbean Javanese: busi
  • → Kwinti: busi
  • → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: busi

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).

Noun

bos m (plural bos)

1. box (tree)
2. boxwood

Galician

Adjective

bos

1. masculine plural of bo

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese vos. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bo.

Pronoun

bos

1. you (plural second person)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbos/ [ˈbɔs]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: bos
• Homophone: BOS

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch bos, from Middle Dutch bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

bos (plural bos-bos)

1. cluster, bunch

Etymology 2

From English boss, from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô, masculine form of Proto-Germanic *baswǭ (“father's sister, aunt, cousin”). Doublet of bas.

Noun

bos (plural bos-bos or para bos)

1. boss, leader, head

   Synonyms: atasan, mandor, pemborong, pembesar, kepala

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Dutch bus (“bushing”), from Middle Dutch busse, from Old Dutch *bussa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box, casket”), from Late Latin buxis (“box”), from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box”).

Noun

bos (plural bos-bos)

1. (mechanical engineering) bushing (type of bearing to reduce friction)

Further reading

• “bos”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Alternative forms

• bas

Etymology

From Old Irish bas, bos (“palm”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosto-, *gʷosdʰo- (“branch”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɞsˠ/, /ˈbˠɔsˠ/

Noun

bos f (genitive singular boise, nominative plural bosa)

1. (anatomy) palm of the hand

   Synonym: dearna

2. (hurling) the flattened, curved end of a hurley

Declension

Declension of bos (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative bos bosa vocative a bhos a bhosa genitive boise bos dative bois bosa forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bhos na bosa genitive na boise na mbos dative leis an mbois don bhois leis na bosa

• Dual: dhá bhois

Derived terms

• boiseog

Descendants

• → Yola: baush, bash

Mutation

Mutated forms of bos

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bos	bhos	mbos

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “bas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 82; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbos/ [ˈbos]
  • Rhymes: -os
• (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA^(key): /ˈboh/ [ˈboh]
  • Rhymes: -oh
• Syllabification: bos

Noun

bos

1. state of abundance/plentifulness of water (in wells, rivers, etc.)

Derived terms

• manbos

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “bus”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[2], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 104

Karakalpak

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *boĺ.

Adjective

bos

1. empty

References

• N. A. Baskakov, editor (1958), “бос”, in Karakalpaksko-russkij slovarʹ [Karakalpak-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Akademija nauk Uzbekskoj SSR, →ISBN

Kristang

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *yúHsder.

Proto-Italic *wōs

Latin vōs

Old Galician-Portuguese vos

Portuguese vós

Kristang bos

Inherited from Portuguese vós (“ye”), from Old Galician-Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs (“ye”).

Pronoun

bos

1. you; thou (second-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Kristang personal pronouns

	singular	plural
first person	yo	nus
second person	bos	bolotu
third person	eli	olotu

Ladino

Noun

bos f (plural bozes)

1. alternative form of boz

Latin

bōs

Alternative forms

• bovis, būs (rare)

Etymology

Irregular, for the expected **vōs/**ūs, accusative **vom, oblique stem **vov-, from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws, which also gave Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Sanskrit गो (go) (nominative singular gaúḥ), and English cow.

Most likely a borrowing from a Osco-Umbrian language, attested as Umbrian bum (acc.sg.), bue (abl.sg.), buo (gen.pl.), buf (acc.pl.) all spelling /bō-/. This was likely motivated by the fact that the expected form would have produced an undesirable homonymic clash with vōs (“you”) in the nominative and with ovis (“sheep”) in the oblique. It's unclear whether the borrowing included the entire paradigm, or just the initial consonant.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈboːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔs]

Noun

bōs m or f (genitive bovis); irregular, third declension

1. head of cattle (cow, bull, steer, or ox)
   • c. 98 CE, Tacitus, Germania 18:

     Hoc iuncti boves, hoc paratus equus, hoc data arma denuntiant.

     The yoked oxen, the harnessed steed, the gift of arms, proclaim this fact.

Declension

Third-declension noun (irregular).

	singular	plural
nominative	bōs	bovēs
genitive	bovis	boum bovum boverum
dative	bovī	bōbus būbus bovibus
accusative	bovem	bovēs
ablative	bove bovīd1	bōbus būbus bovibus
vocative	bōs	bovēs

¹Old Latin.

• The medial /w/ is often found spelled ⟨B⟩, normally not spelled in the form boum, and is sometimes lost in the forms bo(v)e and bo(v)ēs.

Synonyms

• cornigera n pl
• iūmentum (when used to pull carts); armentum (when used to pull plows)

Hypernyms

• iūmenta (when used to pull carts); armenta (when used to pull plows)

Hyponyms

• taurus m
• vacca f
• vitulus m

Derived terms

• boārius
• bovārius
• bovātim
• bovicīdium
• bovīlla
• bovīllus
• bovīnor
• bovīnus
• būbalus
• būbīle
• Būbōna
• bubsequa
• būbula
• bubulcārius
• bubulcitō
• bubulcus
• būbulīnus
• būbulus
• būcaeda
• būcētum
• būcina
• būcula
• būculus
• Lūca bōs
• sēmibōs

Related terms

• Bosforus
• Bosphorus
• Bosporus

Descendants

• Translingual:
  • Translingual: Bos
• Balkan-Romance:
  • Aromanian: bou
  • Megleno-Romanian: bou
  • Romanian: bou
• Dalmatian-Romance:
  • Dalmatian: bu
  • Istriot: bò
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: boiu
  • Italian: bove, bue
  • Sicilian: voi
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: beu, bò
  • Friulian: bo
  • Ligurian: beu
  • Lombard: beu, bò, (alpine) beuiv
  • Piedmontese: beu, bò
  • Romagnol: bò, bo
  • Romansh: bov
  • Venetan: bo
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: bôf

    Bressan: bœuf

    Savoyard: buef

  • Old French: buef, boef, beof (Anglo-Norman)
    • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: bœû
    • Bourguignon: beu
    • Champenois: beu
    • Franc-Comtois: bûe
    • Middle French: bœuf
      • French: bœuf
        • Haitian Creole: bèf
        • Mauritian Creole: bef
    • Picard: beu, buë
    • Poitevin-Saintongeais: beù, béi
    • Walloon: boû
    • → Middle English: bef
      • English: beef (see there for further descendants)
      • Middle Scots: beif
        • Scots: beef
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: bue, uei, buei
  • Catalan: bou
  • Old Occitan: bou, bueu
    • Auvergnat: beu, bueu
    • Gascon: buèu, bueu, beu, bieu, büu
    • Languedocien: buòu, biòu
    • Provençal: buou, bou
    • Vivaro-Alpine: buou
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Leonese: buee
    • Asturian: bue, güe, buoi, buei, güei
    • Leonese: bué, boi, buei, güé, güei
    • Mirandese: bui
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: boi
    • Fala: boi
    • Galician: boi
    • Portuguese: boi
  • Old Spanish: buey
    • Ladino: buey
    • Spanish: buey
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: boe, foe, voe (Logudorese-Nuorese), boi (Campidanese), boi, boe (Logudorese-Nuorese) (Campidanese)
• Borrowings:
  • → Esperanto: bovo
  • → Translingual: Bos (learned)

Further reading

• “bos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "bos", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “bos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “On Latin bōs”, in laohutiger.wordpress.com‎^[3], 2 January 2012, archived from the original on 28 December 2025
• “bōs” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English boss

Noun

bos (plural bos-bos)

1. One who is in charge of something.
   1. a person in charge of a business or company.

      Synonyms: atasan, majikan

   2. supervisor; one who oversees and directs the work of others.

      Synonyms: pengurus, penyelia

2. (informal) a respectful term of address to a man of equal standing.

   Bos, teh tarik satu

   Sir, one teh tarik please.

   Coordinate terms: mat, bro, do, bodo

4. (video games) an enemy, often at the end of a level.

Derived terms

Compounds

• bos besar (“big boss”)
• bosku
• encik bos (“mr. bos”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (rubbish): bøss, boss, bus (dialectal)
• (straw): bys

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Compare Swedish boss (“bed straw”). May be related to buss (“waste from sewing, quid of tobacco”) and dialectal butl (“rubbish”).

First attested in 1646 by Christen Jenssøn in Askvoll, later also by Jacob Laugesen Bork (1698), by Erik Pontoppidan (1748), Børre Henrich Rachløw (1770), Søren Richart Hagerup (1770-s) and Jacob Nicolai Wilse (1780). Note that this word found in glossaries of Bork and Hagerup is probably from Trøndelag dialect, despite their glossaries were made primary for other dialects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːs/

Noun

bos n (definite singular boset, uncountable)

1. (Western and Southern Norway) garbage, rubbish, waste

   Synonyms: avfall, søppel

2. straw for or from a strawbed
3. (Trøndelag) dust, rubbish

Derived terms

• bosspann

Further reading

• “bos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

ēn bōs

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bans, from Proto-Germanic *bansaz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”). Cognates include Old English *bōs, Old Saxon *bōs and Old Norse báss.

Pronunciation

• (13^th CE) IPA^(key): [boːs]

Noun

bōs m

1. stall, byre

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: Buus
• West Frisian: bús

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbos/

Noun

bos f

1. alternative form of bas (“palm”)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	bosL	boisL, bois(s)	bossaH
vocative	bosL	boisL, bois(s)	bossaH
accusative	boisN, bois(s)	boisL, bois(s)	bossaH
genitive	boiseH, boise	bosL	bosN
dative	boisL, bois(s)	bossaib	bossaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of bos

radical	lenition	nasalization
bos	bos pronounced with /β-/	mbos

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Romanian

Noun

bos m (plural boși)

1. alternative form of boss

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bos	bosul	boși	boșii
genitive-dative	bos	bosului	boși	boșilor
vocative	bosule		boșilor

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• vos

Etymology

From Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *yúHs (“you”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbos/

Pronoun

bos (possessive bostru)

1. you (plural), ye

   Synonyms: bois, bosateros

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôːs/

Adjective

bȏs (Cyrillic spelling бо̑с, definite bȏsī)

1. barefoot

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bos	bosa	boso
genitive		bosa	bose	bosa
dative		bosu	bosoj	bosu
accusative	inanimate animate	bos bosa	bosu	boso
vocative		bos	bosa	boso
locative		bosu	bosoj	bosu
instrumental		bosim	bosom	bosim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bosi	bose	bosa
genitive		bosih	bosih	bosih
dative		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)
accusative		bose	bose	bosa
vocative		bosi	bose	bosa
locative		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)
instrumental		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bosi	bosa	boso
genitive		bosog(a)	bose	bosog(a)
dative		bosom(u/e)	bosoj	bosom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	bosi bosog(a)	bosu	boso
vocative		bosi	bosa	boso
locative		bosom(e/u)	bosoj	bosom(e/u)
instrumental		bosim	bosom	bosim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bosi	bose	bosa
genitive		bosih	bosih	bosih
dative		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)
accusative		bose	bose	bosa
vocative		bosi	bose	bosa
locative		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)
instrumental		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosъ. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bóːs/, /bɔ́s/

Adjective

bȍs or bòs (not comparable)

1. barefoot

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	bós	bósa	bóso
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bós ind bósi def	bósa	bóso
genitive	bósega	bóse	bósega
dative	bósemu	bósi	bósemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	bóso	bóso
locative	bósem	bósi	bósem
instrumental	bósim	bóso	bósim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bósa	bósi	bósi
genitive	bósih	bósih	bósih
dative	bósima	bósima	bósima
accusative	bósa	bósi	bósi
locative	bósih	bósih	bósih
instrumental	bósima	bósima	bósima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bósi	bóse	bósa
genitive	bósih	bósih	bósih
dative	bósim	bósim	bósim
accusative	bóse	bóse	bósa
locative	bósih	bósih	bósih
instrumental	bósimi	bósimi	bósimi

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	bòs	bôsa	bôso
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bòs ind bôsi def	bôsa	bôso
genitive	bôsega	bôse	bôsega
dative	bôsemu	bôsi	bôsemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	bôso	bôso
locative	bôsem	bôsi	bôsem
instrumental	bôsim	bôso	bôsim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bôsa	bôsi	bôsi
genitive	bôsih	bôsih	bôsih
dative	bôsima	bôsima	bôsima
accusative	bôsa	bôsi	bôsi
locative	bôsih	bôsih	bôsih
instrumental	bôsima	bôsima	bôsima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bôsi	bôse	bôsa
genitive	bôsih	bôsih	bôsih
dative	bôsim	bôsim	bôsim
accusative	bôse	bôse	bôsa
locative	bôsih	bôsih	bôsih
instrumental	bôsimi	bôsimi	bôsimi

Further reading

• “bos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Swedish

Noun

bos

1. indefinite genitive singular of bo

Verb

bos

1. passive infinitive of bo
2. present passive of bo

Synonyms

• bebos

Anagrams

• obs

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• boss

Etymology

Borrowed from English boss.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbos/ [ˈbos]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: bos

Noun

bos (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐ᜔) (colloquial)

1. boss, chief, head

   Synonyms: hepe, puno

2. a male term of address

Derived terms

• bosing

Further reading

• “boss”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English boss.

Noun

bos

1. boss, overseer, master
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:26:

     Bihain God i tok olsem, “Nau yumi wokim ol manmeri bai ol i kamap olsem yumi yet. Bai yumi putim ol i stap bos bilong ol pis na ol pisin na bilong olgeta kain animal na bilong olgeta samting bilong graun.”

     →New International Version translation

Synonyms

• bikpela
• masta

Related terms

• bosim

References

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 12

Volapük

Pronoun

bos

1. something

Declension

Declension of bos

	Singular
Nominative	bos
Genitive	bosa
Dative	bose
Accusative	bosi
Predicative1	bosu
Vocative	o bos

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.