daus

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Noun

daus

1. plural of dau

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tøyːs/
• Rhymes: -øyːs

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dauss, from Old French dous, deus, deuz.

Noun

daus m (genitive singular dauss, nominative plural dausar)

2. the side of a die with two pips (in dice games, especially backgammon); deuce

Declension

declension of daus

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	daus	dausinn	dausar	dausarnir
accusative	daus	dausinn	dausa	dausana
dative	daus	dausnum	dausum	dausunum
genitive	dauss	daussins	dausa	dausanna

Etymology 2

Uncertain, but possibly from daus (“deuce”), derived from the notion that two was a bad number to get, or because the two pips on the two-eyed side of some dice may have resembled buttocks.

Noun

daus m (genitive singular dauss, nominative plural dausar)

2. buttocks, arse

Declension

declension of daus

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	daus	dausinn	dausar	dausarnir
accusative	daus	dausinn	dausa	dausana
dative	daus	dausnum	dausum	dausunum
genitive	dauss	daussins	dausa	dausanna

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dau̯˩/

Noun

daus

1. snow