pòs

See also: pos, POS, pós, and pôs

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish pósaid, from Latin spōnsō (“betroth”), frequentative of spondeō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʰɔːs/

Verb

pòs (past phòs, future pòsaidh, verbal noun pòsadh, past participle pòsta)

(transitive) marry (perform the marriage ceremony); induct
(intransitive) marry (become a married person)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911

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