moș

See also: mos, MOS, mós, mô, mōs, moš, mo·s, and mos'

Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Moș and its feminine counterpart moașă ‘midwife; old woman’ (which appears to be older[1][2]) are often considered substratum words related to Albanian moshë or derived from it, but can also possibly be from Latin annōsus (“aged, old, full of years”) with a loss of the initial vowel as in some other cases (compare mătușă, noaten, nămaie), and the -ș- sound formed as with coș. The change of -n- to -m- is more unusual, but has other instances as well (compare măgar, miel, miță). Its presence in all Eastern Romance languages (compare Aromanian mosh, moashi) and the addition of the prefix stră- also indicates that it is an old word and probably from a Latin source. [3]

Noun

moș m (plural moși)

  1. an old man

Declension
declension of moș
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) moș moșul (niște) moși moșii
genitive/dative (unui) moș moșului (unor) moși moșilor
vocative moșule moșilor

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Alexandru Ciorănescu, Dicționarul etimologic român, s.v. "moș" (Tenerife: Universidad de la Laguna, 1958-1966).
  2. Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române, ediția a II-a, ed. Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică Iorgu Iordan, s.v. "moș" (Univers Enciclopedic, 1998).
  3. Romanian Explanatory Dictionary
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