mosi

See also: Mosi, mósí, môi, mōši, and mösi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mosi, from Proto-Germanic *musą, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːsɪ/
  • Rhymes: -oːsɪ

Noun

mosi m (genitive singular mosa, plural mosar)

  1. moss

Declension

m1 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mosi mosin mosar mosarnir
Accusative mosa mosan mosar mosarnar
Dative mosa mosanum mosum mosunum
Genitive mosa mosans mosa mosanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mosi, from Proto-Germanic *musą. Cognate with Faroese mosi, Danish mose, English moss, German Moos, Dutch mos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔːsɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːsɪ

Noun

mosi m (genitive singular mosa, nominative plural mosar)

  1. moss

Declension

Derived terms

  • barnamosi (sphagnum, peat moss)
  • dýjamosi (fountain apple-moss, Philonotis fontana)
  • gamburmosi (woolly fringe-moss, Racomitrium languinosum)
  • grámosi (hoary fringe-moss, Racomitrium canescens)
  • hreindýramosi (reindeer moss, Cladonia rangiferina)
  • hvítmosi (sphagnum, peat moss)
  • mosaburkni (Wilson's filmy fern, Hymenophyllum wilsonii)
  • mosadýr (bryozoon, moss animal)
  • mosafræði (bryology)
  • mosagróinn (mossgrown)
  • mosagrænn (moss-green)
  • mosajafni (lesser clubmoss, Selaginella selaginoides)
  • mosalyng (moss bell heather, Harrimanella hypnoides)
  • mosasteinbrjótur (mossy saxifrage, Saxifraga hypnoides)
  • mosategund (moss species)
  • mosavaxinn (mossgrown)
  • mosaþemba (mossy area)
  • svarðmosi (sphagnum, peat moss)

Swahili

Swahili cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : mosi
    Ordinal : -a kwanza
    Adjectival form : -moja

Numeral

mosi

  1. (cardinal) one

Usage notes

Used as an abstract value as in "the number one"; when the number is being used as an adjective, use -moja, for counting, use moja.

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