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Meaning of -os | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR A2
ɔs

Definitions

  1. diminutive suffix, usually indicating an element of endearment
    morpheme
  2. area characterised by a particular plant
    morpheme

Equivalents

Cymraeg -cyn -ig
Deutsch -chen -erl -lein
English -ling -y
Español -illa -illo -ita -ito
Eesti -kene -lane
Suomi -lainen -nen
Français -et -ette -in -ine
Gaeilge -an -in -óg
Galego -iño
Italiano -ella -ello -etta -etto -ina -ino
日本語
Kurdî -an -el -êt -în -ino -îş
Nederlands -je -ling -pje -tje
Polski -e
Português -inho
Română -aș -el -șor -uș -uț
Русский -ёк -ёнок -ок -онок
Svenska -is
Українська -енько -еня́ -очок

Examples

“plant (“children”) + -os → plantos (“kiddies”)”
“merched (“girls”) + -os → merchetos (“little girls”)”
“tai (“houses”) + -os → teios (“small houses”)”
“bedw (“birch”) + -os → bedwos (“birch grove, place where birch grow”)”
“grug (“heather”) + -os → grugos (“heath”)”
“brwyn (“rushes”) + -os → brwynos (“brwynos”)”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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