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IRISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

os.

deer

2 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/osˠ//ɞsˠ/

  1. deer

    literary · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish oss, from Proto-Celtic *uxsū, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”).

prep/osˠ//ɞsˠ/

  1. over, above

    triggers-no-mutation · with-dative
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish úas, ós, from Proto-Celtic *ouxsos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewps-.

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