Amos

See also: amos, Amós, Āmos, -amos, and Ámós

English

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.məs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪməs

Proper noun

Amos

Book of Amos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Amos on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

1. A male given name from Hebrew.
2. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
3. A prophet, author of the book of Amos.
4. A surname.
5. A town in Quebec

Translations

figure mentioned in the Old Testament

• Afrikaans: Amos (af)
• Arabic: عَامُوس m (ʕāmūs)
• Basque: Amos (eu)
• Breton: Amos (br) m
• Catalan: Amós
• Cebuano: Amos
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿摩司 (aa³ mo¹ si¹)

  Eastern Min: 亞摩士／亚摩士 (Ā-mò̤-sê̤ṳ)

  Hakka: 阿摩司 (Â-mô-sṳ̂)

  Mandarin: 阿摩司 (zh) (Āmósī)

• Corsican: Amossu (co)
• Czech: Ámos
• Danish: Amos
• Dutch: Amos (nl) m
• Estonian: Aamos
• Faroese: Amos (fo) m
• Finnish: Aamos (fi) m
• French: Amos (fr)
• German: Amos (de) m
• Greek: Αμώς (el) m (Amós)

  Ancient: Ἁμώς m (Hamṓs)

• Hawaiian: ʻAmosa
• Hebrew: עָמוֹס (he) ('amós)
• Hungarian: Ámos (hu)
• Icelandic: Amos (is) m
• Ido: Amos (io) m
• Irish: Ámós (ga) m
• Italian: Amos (it) m
• Japanese: アモス (Amosu)
• Kazakh: Амос (Amos)
• Latin: Amos (la)
• Latvian: Āmos (lv) m
• Limburgish: Amos
• Lithuanian: Amos m
• Norwegian: Amos (no) m
• Polish: Amos (pl) m
• Portuguese: Amós (pt)
• Romanian: Amos m
• Scots: Amos
• Scottish Gaelic: Amos (gd) m
• Slovak: Amos m
• Slovene: Amos (sl) m
• Spanish: Amós
• Swahili: Amosi (sw)
• Swedish: Amos m
• Tagalog: Amos (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Amos
• Welsh: Amos (cy) m
• West Frisian: Amos
• Zealandic: Amos

book of the Old Testament

• Afrikaans: Amos (af)
• Arabic: سِفْر عَامُوس (sifr ʕāmūs)
• Asturian: Amós (ast)
• Basque: Amos (eu)
• Breton: Amos (br) m
• Burmese: အာမုတ်အနာဂတ္တိကျမ် (amut-a.nagatti.kyam)
• Catalan: Amós
• Cebuano: Amos
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿摩司書／阿摩司书 (aa³ mo¹ si¹ syu¹)

  Eastern Min: 亞摩士書／亚摩士书 (Ā-mò̤-sê̤ṳ-cṳ̆)

  Hakka: 阿摩司書／阿摩司书 (Â-mô-sṳ̂-sû)

  Mandarin: 阿摩司書／阿摩司书 (zh) (Āmósīshū)

• Corsican: Amossu (co)
• Czech: Ámos
• Danish: Amos
• Dutch: Amos (nl) m
• Estonian: Aamose raamat (et)
• Faroese: Amos (fo) m
• Finnish: Aamos (fi)
• French: Amos (fr)
• German: Amos (de) m
• Greek: Αμώς (el) m (Amós)

  Ancient: Ἁμώς m (Hamṓs)

• Hawaiian: ʻAmosa
• Hebrew: עָמוֹס (he) ('Amós)
• Hungarian: Ámos (hu)
• Icelandic: Amos (is) m
• Ido: Amos (io) m
• Irish: Leabhar Ámós m, Ámós (ga) m
• Italian: Amos (it) m
• Japanese: アモス書 (Amosu-sho)
• Kazakh: Амос (Amos)
• Konkani: आमस आचें पुस्तक (āmas ācẽ pustak)
• Korean: 아모스 (Amoseu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئامۆس (amos)

• Latin: Amos (la) m
• Latvian: Āmos (lv) m
• Limburgish: Amos
• Lithuanian: Amoso knyga (lt) f
• Malayalam: ആമോസിന്റെ പുസ്തകം (āmōsinṟe pustakaṁ)
• Maltese: Ktieb Għamos (mt) m
• Maori: Amoho (mi)
• Norwegian: Amos (no)
• Odia: ଆମୋଷ ଭବିଷ୍ୟ‌ଦ୍‌ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ (āmosha bhabishya‌d‌baktāṅka pustaka)
• Polish: Księga Amosa f
• Portuguese: Amós (pt)
• Romanian: Amos m
• Russian: Амо́с (ru) (Amós)
• Scots: Amos
• Scottish Gaelic: Amos (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Књига пророка Амоса
• Slovak: Amos m
• Slovene: Amos (sl)
• Spanish: Amós
• Swahili: Amosi (sw)
• Swedish: Amos m
• Tagalog: Amos (tl) m
• Tamil: ஆமோஸ் (āmōs)
• Telugu: ఆమోసు (āmōsu)
• Thai: อาโมส
• Waray-Waray: Amos
• Welsh: Amos (cy) m
• West Frisian: Amos
• Zealandic: Amos

Anagrams

• -omas, MOAS, MOAs, Samo, SoMa, Soma, maos, moas, omas, soam, soma

Faroese

Proper noun

Amos m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Amos: Amosson or Amosson
• daughter of Amos: Amosardóttir or Amosdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Amos
Accusative	Amos
Dative	Amosi
Genitive	Amosar, Amos

French

Etymology

The city is named after Alice Gouin (né Amos; 1868–1940), the wife of prime minister of Québec Lomer Gouin (1861–1929).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɔs/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Amos m

1. (biblical) Amos
2. A city in Abitibi, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.

Derived terms

• Amossois, Amossoise

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Amos m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amos')

1. Amos
2. the book of Amos

Italian

Etymology

Possibly from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mos/
• Rhymes: -amos
• Hyphenation: À‧mos

Proper noun

Amos m

1. (religion) Amos
2. book of Amos
3. a male given name

Anagrams

• -soma, Mosa, Samo, maso, soma

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Amos m (genitive Amois)

1. (biblical) Amos
2. (biblical) Amos, the thirtieth book of the Old Testament

Coordinate terms

• (Scottish Gaelic books of the Old Testament) Genesis, Ecsodus, Lebhiticus, Àireamh, Deuteronomi, Iosua, Britheamhan, Rut, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Rìghrean, 2 Rìghrean, 1 Eachdraidh, 2 Eachdraidh, Esra, Nehemiah, Ester, Iob, Sailm, Gnàth-fhacail, Eclesiastes, Dàn Sholaimh, Isaiah, Ieremiah, Tuireadh, Eseciel, Daniel, Hosèa, Ioel, Amos, Obadiah, Ionah, Micah, Nahum, Habacuc, Sephaniah, Hagai, Sechariah, Malachi ^{(Category: gd:Books of the Bible)}

Slovak

Etymology

Possibly from Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

Proper noun

Amos

1. (religion) Amos

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Amós, from Latin Amos, from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmos/ [ʔɐˈmos]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: A‧mos

Proper noun

Amós (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜐ᜔) (religion)

1. Amos

Anagrams

• samo, maso

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.ɔs/

Proper noun

Amos

Gospel of John on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Amos on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

1. a male given name from Hebrew עָמוֹס (“to carry a burden”), equivalent to English Amos
2. (biblical) A prophet, author of the Book of Amos
3. (biblical) The Book of Amos

Coordinate terms

• (llyfrau'r Hen Destament Protestannaidd) Genesis, Exodus, Lefiticus, Numeri, Deuteronomium, Josua, Barnwyr, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Brenhinoedd, 2 Brenhinoedd, 1 Cronicl, 2 Cronicl, Esra, Nehemeia, Esther, Job, Salmau, Diarhebion, Pregethwr, Caniad Solomon, Eseia, Jeremeia, Galarnad, Eseciel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadeia, Jona, Micha, Nahum, Habacuc, Seffaneia, Haggai, Sechareia, Malachi ^{(Category: cy:Books of the Bible)}

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
Amos	unchanged	unchanged	Hamos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎^[1], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 15