koss
See also: Koss and kôš
English
Noun
koss (plural koss or kosses)
- Alternative form of coss
Anagrams
- Soks
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰɔsː/
- Rhymes: -ɔsː
Noun
koss m (genitive singular koss, nominative plural kossar)
- a kiss
Declension
declension of koss
| m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | koss | kossinn | kossar | kossarnir |
| accusative | koss | kossinn | kossa | kossana |
| dative | kossi | kossinum | kossum | kossunum |
| genitive | koss | kossins | kossa | kossanna |
Related terms
- kyssa
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adverb
koss
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by korleis
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kussaz, whence also Old English coss, Old Saxon kus, kos, Old High German kus.
Noun
koss m
- kiss
Related terms
- kyssa
Descendants
- Danish: kys
- Faroese: kossur
- Icelandic: koss
- Norwegian: kyss
- Swedish: kyss (Old Swedish kus, kos)
Note: The continental Scandinavian forms with y have been altered by association with the verb kyssa.
References
- koss in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press