taos

taos

See also: Taos and t-aos

English

Noun

taos

1. plural of tao

Anagrams

• OTAs, SOTA, Sato, Sota, Tsao, as to, oast, oats, stoa, toas, tosa

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Finnish

Etymology

takoa (“to forge”) +‎ -os

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑos/, [ˈt̪ɑo̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑos
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧os

Noun

taos

1. That which has been forged, any product of the work of a blacksmith.

Declension

Inflection of taos (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		taos	taokset
genitive		taoksen	taosten taoksien
partitive		taosta	taoksia
illative		taokseen	taoksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		taos	taokset
accusative	nom.	taos	taokset
	gen.	taoksen
genitive		taoksen	taosten taoksien
partitive		taosta	taoksia
inessive		taoksessa	taoksissa
elative		taoksesta	taoksista
illative		taokseen	taoksiin
adessive		taoksella	taoksilla
ablative		taokselta	taoksilta
allative		taokselle	taoksille
essive		taoksena	taoksina
translative		taokseksi	taoksiksi
instructive		—	taoksin
abessive		taoksetta	taoksitta
comitative		—	taoksineen

Possessive forms of taos (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	taokseni	taoksemme
2nd person	taoksesi	taoksenne
3rd person	taoksensa

Anagrams

• Atso, osat, osta, otsa, sato, sota, stoa, taso, tosa

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Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠeːsˠ/, [t̪ˠëəsˠ]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠiːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠiːsˠ/, (older) /t̪ˠɯːsˠ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish táes, from Old Irish taís, from Proto-Celtic *taistos.[1]

Noun

taos m (genitive singular taois)

1. dough
2. paste

   Synonym: leafaos

Declension

Declension of taos

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative taos Vocative a thaois Genitive taois Dative taos

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an taos Genitive an taois Dative leis an taos don taos

Derived terms

• taos fiacla
• taos géar

Etymology 2

A rebracketing of t-aos.

Noun

taos m (genitive singular taosa)

1. Alternative form of aos

Declension

Declension of taos

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative taos Vocative a thaos Genitive taosa Dative taos

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an taos Genitive an taosa Dative leis an taos don taos

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taos	thaos	dtaos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “taos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “taos” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “taos” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 374

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Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Tagalog tagos.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧os
• IPA^(key): /taˈʔos/, [tɐˈʔos]

Adjective

taós

1. penetrating to the bottom or from one side to another

   Synonyms: tagos, tagusan, lagos, lagusan

2. (by extension) sincere; genuine; true; heartfelt

   Synonyms: tapat, matapat, taimtim, mataimtim, tapat-puso

Derived terms

• itaos
• mataos
• taos-puso

 

Adverb

taós

1. (by extension) sincerely; genuinely; truly

Noun

taós

1. condition of penetrating to the bottom or from one side to another
2. state of being genuine or sincere