Danish

Verb

nøs

1. past tense of nyse

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *nasō (compare Low German Nees, German Nase, Norwegian nese ‘nose’), old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- ‘nose, nostril’ (compare Latin nāris ‘nostril’, nāsus ‘nose’, Lithuanian nósis, Sanskrit नासा ‎(nā́sā) ‘nostrils’).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nøːs]

Noun

nøs f (genitive singular nasar, plural nasar)

1. nose
2. reprimand

Declension

Derived terms

• nasarót
• nasaryggur
• nasahola
• nasagluggi
• nasablóð
• nasadropi
• nasadjarvur
• stuttnøs
• arnarnøs
• kettunøs
• vatnnøs

See also

• munnur
• muður
• vørr
• tunga
• eyga
• oyra
• munni
• múli
• kjafftur
• kjálki
• høka
• hálsur
• øksl

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nø:s/, [nøʷ:s]

Verb

nøs

1. past tense of nyse