koss

See also: Koss and kôš

English

Noun

koss (plural koss or kosses)

  1. Alternative form of coss

Anagrams

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)

  1. 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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

koss

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by korleis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

  1. kiss

Descendants

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
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