different between fos vs foy

English

Noun

fos (uncountable)

1. Initialism of freedom of speech.

Anagrams

• OFs, SFO

Catalan

Etymology 1

Verb

fos

1. first-person singular past subjunctive form of ser
2. third-person singular past subjunctive form of ser

Etymology 2

From Latin f?sus.

Verb

fos

1. past participle of fondre

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same Finno-Ugric root *pa?ke as Mansi ??? (poš), Finnish paska and Estonian pask

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fo?]
• Hyphenation: fos
• Rhymes: -o?

Adjective

fos (comparative fosabb, superlative legfosabb)

1. (slang) shitty, worthless

Noun

fos (plural fosok)

1. (vulgar) liquid excrement

Declension

Related terms

• fosik

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish foss (“rest”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /f??s?/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /f??s?/

Noun

fos m (genitive singular fois) (literary)

1. rest, a stop, a halt

   Synonym: sos

2. a prop, buttress, wall

Declension

Derived terms

• i bhfos
• lucht fois

Related terms

• abhus
• anois

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 foss, fos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “fos” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 332.
• "fos" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle English

Noun

fos

1. plural of fo

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s/

Noun

fos

1. genitive plural of fosa

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *b??as, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *b??as, from Proto-Austronesian *b??as.

Noun

fos

1. rice ((raw) seeds used as food)

English

Etymology

From Middle French foy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Noun

foy (countable and uncountable, plural foys)

1. (obsolete, rare) Faith, allegiance.
2. (obsolete) A feast given by one about to leave a place.
   • 1661 November 25, Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1661, 2006, Echo Library, page 124,

     To Westminster Hall in the morning with Captain Lambert, and there he did at the Dog give me and some other friends of his, his foy, he being to set sail to-day towards the Streights.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French foi.

Noun

foy f (plural foys)

1. faith
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     Saigneur Dieu oste moy de ce torment, auquel ces traitres chiens me detiennent, pour la maintenance de ta foy.

     Lord God remove me from this torment in which these traiterous dogs are holding, to help me keep your faith.

Descendants

• French: foi

Portuguese

Verb

foy

1. Obsolete spelling of foi