hús

From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

• IPA^(key): /hʉuːs/

hús n (genitive singular hús, plural hús)

1. building
2. (only n pl) house (to live in), home, dwelling
3. accommodation, dwelling, shelter
4. household
5. family, people living in one household

• (building): bygningur
• (house): bústaður, sethús
• (accommodation): tilhald, innivist
• (household): húshald
• (people living in one household): húski, húsfólk

Perhaps from an Iranian language, compare Persian گوشت‎ (gušt), Northern Kurdish goşt.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhuːʃ]
• Rhymes: -uːʃ

hús (countable and uncountable, plural húsok)

1. flesh (the soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat)
2. meat (animal tissue regarded as food)
3. (countable) a type or a slice/piece of meat
4. flesh (the soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables), meat (any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc)

• hús in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

• IPA^(key): /huːs/

  Rhymes: -uːs

hús n (genitive singular húss, nominative plural hús)

1. house

• hyski
• hjú

hús

1. h-prothesized form of ús

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old English hūs (English house), Old Frisian hūs, Old Dutch hūs (Dutch huis), Old High German hūs (German Haus, Old Saxon hūs (German Low German Huus).

hús n (genitive hús, plural hús)

1. house

• hyski, hýski
• hjú

• Icelandic: hús
• Faroese: hús
• Norn: hus
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hus
• Norwegian Bokmål: hus
• Elfdalian: aus
• Old Swedish: hūs
  • Swedish: hus
• Old Danish: hūs
  • Danish: hus
• Gutnish: heus