losa
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Etymology
Cognate with Choctaw losa, Alabama loca, Mikasuki looci, Creek lasti
Adjective
losa
Verb
losa (stative)
- to be black
Inflection
| Verbs beginning with a consonant. | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-person (I, we) | salosa sa-losa | polosa po-losa | hapolosa hapo-losa |
| 2nd-person (you, you all) | chilosa chi-losa | hachilosa hachi-losa | |
| 3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | losa | (hoo)losa (hoo-)losa | |
Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)
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Alternative forms
- lusa (traditional)
Etymology
Cognate with Chickasaw losa, Alabama loca, Mikasuki looci, Creek lasti
Pronunciation
Noun
losa
Adjective
losa
Verb
losa
- to be black
Pronunciation
Noun
losa m anim
Etymology
See laus (“loose”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔːsa
Verb
losa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative losaði, supine losað)
Conjugation
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að losa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
losað | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
losandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég losa | við losum | present (nútíð) |
ég losi | við losum |
| þú losar | þið losið | þú losir | þið losið | ||
| hann, hún, það losar | þeir, þær, þau losa | hann, hún, það losi | þeir, þær, þau losi | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég losaði | við losuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég losaði | við losuðum |
| þú losaðir | þið losuðuð | þú losaðir | þið losuðuð | ||
| hann, hún, það losaði | þeir, þær, þau losuðu | hann, hún, það losaði | þeir, þær, þau losuðu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
losa (þú) | losið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| losaðu | losiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
losa — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að losast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
losast | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
losandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég losast | við losumst | present (nútíð) |
ég losist | við losumst |
| þú losast | þið losist | þú losist | þið losist | ||
| hann, hún, það losast | þeir, þær, þau losast | hann, hún, það losist | þeir, þær, þau losist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég losaðist | við losuðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég losaðist | við losuðumst |
| þú losaðist | þið losuðust | þú losaðist | þið losuðust | ||
| hann, hún, það losaðist | þeir, þær, þau losuðust | hann, hún, það losaðist | þeir, þær, þau losuðust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
losast (þú) | losist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| losastu | losisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
losast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
losaður | losuð | losað | losaðir | losaðar | losuð | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
losaðan | losaða | losað | losaða | losaðar | losuð | |
| dative (þágufall) |
losuðum | losaðri | losuðu | losuðum | losuðum | losuðum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
losaðs | losaðrar | losaðs | losaðra | losaðra | losaðra | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
losaði | losaða | losaða | losuðu | losuðu | losuðu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
losaða | losuðu | losaða | losuðu | losuðu | losuðu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
losaða | losuðu | losaða | losuðu | losuðu | losuðu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
losaða | losuðu | losaða | losuðu | losuðu | losuðu | |
losaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
Further reading
- “losa” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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Noun
losa m
- (nonstandard) inflection of lus (“plant, herb”):
Noun
losa m
- inflection of los (“point, tip; tail; natural increase, produce; result; terminal”):
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “losa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Verb
losa (present tense losar/loser, past tense losa/loste, past participle losa/lost, passive infinitive losast, present participle losande, imperative losa/los)
Pronunciation
Verb
losa
Noun
losa (Cyrillic spelling лоса)
Etymology
From Latin lausia, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish or Celtiberian *lausia, from Proto-Celtic *plousā (“stone slab”), of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleus (“to pluck out”) (cognate with Old Norse flus (“peelings”)), or from Proto-Basque *plausa (“stone slab”).
Pronunciation
Noun
losa f (plural losas)
- flagstone, paving stone, slab, tile (flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone)
- Synonym: baldosa
References
- “losa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- Hickey & Puppel (1997): Language History and Linguistic Modelling: A Festschrift for Jacek Fisiak on his 60th Birthday, p. 884
Further reading
- “losa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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