nosa
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
nosa f (plural noses)
Fala
Alternative forms
- nossa (Frades Gaspar's form)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese nossa, from Latin nostram.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnosa/
- Rhymes: -osa
- Syllabification: no‧sa
Determiner
nosa f sg
- feminine singular of nosu (“our”)
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme II, Chapter 2: Recunquista:
- Non poemos analizar con pormenoris estis siglos, pero tampoco se debi toleral que, sin fundamentus, se poña en duda algo que a Historia documentá nos lega sobre nossa terra.
- We can’t thoroughly analyse these centuries, but one mustn’t tolerate that, unfoundedly, something documented history tells us about our land be questioned.
Pronoun
nosa f sg
- feminine singular of nosu (“ours”)
See also
possessee | ||||||
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singular | plural | |||||
masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |||
possessor | first person | singular | mei | miña | meis | miñas |
plural | nosu | nosa | nosus | nosas | ||
second person | singular | tei | túa, tu1 | teis | túas, tus1 | |
plural | vosu | vosa | vosus | vosas | ||
third person | sei | súa, su1 | seis | súas, sus1 |
1 Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese nossa, from Vulgar Latin *nossa, from Latin nostra(m), feminine of noster (“ours”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔsɐ/
Pronoun
nosa f (masculine singular noso, masculine plural nosos, feminine singular nosa, feminine plural nosas)
- (possessive) ours
See also
- Appendix:Galician pronouns
Further reading
- “nosa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɔsa]
Noun
nosa
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
nosa m or f
- definite feminine singular of nos
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
nosa f
- definite singular of nos
Old English
Noun
nosa
- inflection of nosu:
- accusative/genitive/dative singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.sa/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔsa
- Syllabification: no‧sa
Noun
nosa m inan
- genitive singular of nos
Swedish
Etymology
Verb
nosa (present nosar, preterite nosade, supine nosat, imperative nosa)
- to sniff (especially of an animal)
- Hunden nosade på honom
- The dog sniffed him
- (figuratively) to snoop (look at (or investigate) things (which may be out of one's business))
- nosa i andras affärer
- go snooping in other people's business
- to briefly try to do something to see if one likes it
Conjugation
active | passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | nosa | nosas | ||
supine | nosat | nosats | ||
imperative | nosa | — | ||
imper. plural1 | nosen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | nosar | nosade | nosas | nosades |
ind. plural1 | nosa | nosade | nosas | nosades |
subjunctive2 | nose | nosade | noses | nosades |
present participle | nosande | |||
past participle | nosad |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
References
- nosa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- nosa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- nosa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)