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See also: fłūs

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flus

  1. plural of flu

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Czech

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Etymology

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From Early Modern German fluss (stream), from fliessen (to flow).[1]

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  • IPA(key): [ˈflus]
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Hyphenation: flus

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flus m inan

  1. (slightly vulgar) gob of spit, phlegm [16th c.]
    Synonyms: hlen, chrchel, plivnutí
    • 1902, Vlast[1], volume 19, page 327:
      Když dobytek zapálení plic dostane, tuž nežere, těžce dýchá, na sucho kašle, žluté flusy jdou z nosu jeho, dostane žluté oči a suchý jazyk, [] .
      When the cattle gets pneumonia, they stop feeding, breath with difficulties, have a dry cough, yellow phlegm flows out of the nostrils, get yellow eyes and dry tongue, [] .

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While in historical texts the word is used neutrally, recently it has been viewed as slightly vulgar.

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  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “flusat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 192

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  • flus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • flus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Faroese

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From Old Norse flus.

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flus n (genitive singular flus, plural flus)

  1. peelings (from a potato or apple)
  2. (hair, biology) dandruff

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n11 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative flus flusið flus flusini
Accusative flus flusið flus flusini
Dative flusi flusinum flusum flusunum
Genitive flus flusins flusa flusanna

Maltese

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Etymology

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Root
f-l-s
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From Arabic فُلُوس (fulūs).

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flus m sg or pl (plural flejjes)

  1. money

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  • The basic sense “money” is now usually construed as a masculine singular, though it may also be construed as a plural. The marked plural flejjes means “several amounts of money”.

Middle English

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flus

  1. Alternative form of flees