Old English · noun

los

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /los/
Syllables: los (1 syllable)
Modern English: loss

Meaning

loss
destruction

Declension

Declension of los
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	los	los
Accusative	los	los
Genitive	loses	losa
Dative	lose	losum

All forms (5)

los
loses
losa
lose
losum

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *los, from Proto-Germanic *lusą (“loss”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- (“to cut loose; sever; lose”). Cognate with Old Norse los (“looseness; breaking up”).

Descendants

loss

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