nossa

Fala

Determiner

nossa f sg

1. Frades Gaspar's form of nosa (“our”)

Pronoun

nossa f sg

1. Frades Gaspar's form of nosa (“ours”)

References

• Frades Gaspar, Domingo (2000), Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala‎^[1], 2nd edition, Sa Martín de Trevellu, Spain: Editora Regional de Extremadura, →ISBN, archived from the original on 10 July 2013

Faroese

Etymology

Cognate to Danish nosse (“testicle”), dialectal Swedish nosse (“testicle”), probably the same root word as Old Norse nosi (“stallion's genitals”), Icelandic nosi (“horse cock”). Compare Swedish balle, either meaning “penis” or (in plural) “testicle”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔsːa/
• Rhymes: -ɔsːa

Noun

nossa n (genitive singular nossa, plural nossu or nossur)

1. (anatomy) a testicle

Declension

n1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nossa	nossað	nossu, nossur	nossuni
accusative	nossa	nossað	nossu, nossur	nossuni
dative	nossa	nossanum	nossum	nossunum
genitive	nossa	nossans	nossna	nossnanna

See also

• eista
• pungur

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.sɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: nos‧sa

Etymology 1

Determiner

nossa

1. feminine singular of nosso

Pronoun

nossa

1. feminine singular of nosso

Noun

nossa

1. feminine of nosso

See also

Portuguese possessives

			singular possessum		plural possessum
			masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
singular possessor	first person		meu	minha	meus	minhas
	second person		teu	tua	teus	tuas
	third person	any	seu	sua	seus	suas
		m	dele
		f	dela
plural possessor	first person		nosso	nossa	nossos	nossas
	second person		vosso	vossa	vossos	vossas
	third person	any	seu	sua	seus	suas
		m	deles
		f	delas

Etymology 2

Shortening of nossa senhora (literally “our lady”), itself a shortening of minha nossa senhora (literally “my our lady”).

The expression minha nossa senhora is probably influenced by meu Deus (literally “my God”), similarly to English Oh, my God and Spanish Dios mío.

Interjection

nossa!

1. (Brazil) oh, my God!; goodness! (said in excitement, shock, awe or dismay)

   Synonym: meu Deus!

   • 1999, J. Simões, Retrato Mutante, Academia Taguatinguense de Letras - ATL, page 18:

     Benge percebeu o clima tenso e resolveu dar mais uma das suas:
     — Nossa! O Chefinho tá-que-tá! Uma fera!

     Benge noticed the tense atmosphere and decided to give one more of his own phrases:
     — Goodness! The little boss got fired up! What a beast!

Further reading

• “nossa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nossa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026