ods

ods

See also: ODS, öds, and OD's

English

Noun

ods

1. plural of od

Interjection

ods

1. (obsolete, used in oaths etc.) God's

   Ods bodikin.

   Ods pity.

Anagrams

• DOS, DSO, DoS, OSD, SDO, SOD, SoD, do's, dos, dso, sod

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Danish

Noun

ods c

1. indefinite genitive singular of od

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Latvian

Ods

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *uodas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to eat, to bite”). Cognates include Lithuanian úodas. The original meaning was thus “eater, biter.”[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uɔts]

Noun

ods m (1st declension)

1. gnat, mosquito (small insects (order: Diptera), especially mosquitos (family: Culicidae) that bite and suck blood)

   oda kodums ― mosquito bite

   malārijas odi ― malaria mosquitos

   pa logu ielido odi un raudulīgi sīc, pēc asinīm izslāpuši ― mosquitos flew at the window and buzzed tearfully, thirsty for blood

Declension

Declension of ods (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ods	odi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	odu	odus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	oda	odu
dative (datīvs)	odam	odiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	odu	odiem
locative (lokatīvs)	odā	odos
vocative (vokatīvs)	od	odi

Synonyms

• moskīts

Derived terms

• dzēlējods
• malārijas ods, malārijods

See also

• knislis
• miģele

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ods”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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Welsh

Noun

ods f (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ots

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ods	unchanged	unchanged	hods
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.