kös

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kos"

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse kös (“a heap, a pile”). Compare the Nynorsk kos and kas and a dialectal Swedish kas, possibly related to the Latin agger (“a rampart, a bulwark; a dam; a heap, a pile”), congeriēs (“a heap, a pile, a mass; a collection, an accumulation”) and gerō (“I carry, I bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰœːs/
• Rhymes: -œːs

Noun

kös f (genitive singular kasar, nominative plural kasir)

1. a pile (e.g. of stones, blubber or the like)
2. a heap of fish
3. (computing) a heap; a large pool of unused memory whence dynamic memory is allocated

Declension

declension of kös

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kös	kösin	kasir	kasirnar
accusative	kös	kösina	kasir	kasirnar
dative	kös	kösinni	kösum	kösunum
genitive	kasar	kasarinnar	kasa	kasanna

Derived terms

• kas-
• kasa

Related terms

• kasta
• kesja
• köstur

See also

• hrúga
• köstur

Anagrams

• sök

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kȫŕ. Compare to Tuvan көс (kös), etc.

Noun

kös (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. coal

Related terms

• kumır

Swedish

Noun

kös

1. indefinite genitive singular of kö

Anagrams

• sök, öks