# gos
## English
### Noun

gos
* Alternative form of goes (“plural of go”)

## Aragonese
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

### Noun

gos m (plural goses)
* dog

#### Synonyms

* can
* cocho
* chucho
* ca

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* goç (obsolete)

### Etymology

Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡos]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Noun

gos m (plural gossos, feminine gossa)
* dog
    Synonyms: ca, quisso
* (figurative) a lazy man
    Synonyms: gandul, malfeiner
* laziness
    Synonym: mandra

#### Derived terms

* color de gos com fuig
* gos policia
* gos viverrí
* gossada
* gosset

#### Further reading

* “gos” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “gos” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “gos”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

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### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”). Compare Breton gwaz, Welsh gwas and Old Irish foss.

### Noun

gos
* servant, servant of- (in name-formations)

### References

* (2006) Celtic Culture: A-Celti
* Name-formations (e.g. Gosmungo, Gospatric)

## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔːs/
* Rhymes: -ɔːs

### Noun

gos n (genitive singular goss, nominative plural gos)
* (geology) eruption (of a geyser, volcano, etc.)
* soda (US), fizzy pop (UK)
    Synonym: gosdrykkur

#### Derived terms

* eldgos
* ferðamannagos
* gosberg
* gosdrykkur

### Further reading

* “gos” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

### Anagrams

* sog

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɔsˠ/, /ɡəsˠ/

### Preposition

gos (plus dative, triggers no mutation)
* (archaic, except in fixed phrases) Alternative form of go (“until, up to”) (used before the definite article)
    gos an lá inniu ― up to today, until the present day

#### Usage notes

* Only used in a few fixed phrases like gos an lá inniu. Otherwise, the synonym go dtí is used before the article.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* goce, goos, gose, gosse

### Etymology

From Old English gōs, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans; compare gandre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡoːs/

### Noun

gos (plural ges)
* goose (especially a female one)
* The meat or corpse of a goose; a dead goose.
* A fool or idiot.

#### Related terms

* goshauk
* goslyng
* gossomer

#### Descendants

* English: goose
* Scots: guse

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈkos/

### Adverb

gos
* where, in what place (interrogative)
* whence, from where (interrogative)
* where (relative)
* whence, from where (relative)

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡus]
* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Noun

gos m (plural gosses)
* dog

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡoːs/

### Noun

gōs f
* goose
** Exeter Book:
    Hwīlum iċ grǣde swā gōs.Sometimes I cry like a goose.

#### Declension

Strong consonant stem:

#### Descendants

* Middle English: gos, goce, goos, gose, gosse
** English: goose
** Scots: guse

## Old Saxon
### Noun

gos n
* Alternative form of gās

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡóːs/

### Noun

gọ̑s f
* goose

#### Further reading

* “gos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

Deverbal of gosa.

### Noun

gos n (colloquial)
* cuddliness
* (action of) cuddling, snuggling

#### Declension
## Zazaki
### Noun

gos
* ear