(bós, beós) adv. = O.Ir. beus q.v.

(a) of time still, up to the present = Lat. adhuc. messe sund i nhErind f.¤ f. LL 4b14 = YBL 106a16 ( Ériu iv 130 ). conid marthanach ... fos in chloch TBC 2994 (beos St). Hélii ┐ Enoc. atat i mbethaid f.¤ PH 7278 . atcíter foss bona araill dona beraibh, CCath. 190 . ni rosaigset ind imairicc fos biucc not ... for some time yet 5698 . ro fell ... fa dhó fos orum has betrayed me twice already ZCP vi 50.5 . Accompanied by beós: mairid f.¤ ait na tobar sin beós, Maund. 254 .

(b) still (more, longer), further, also, in addition; likewise: dochuaid Dauid ass ... fogeib [leg. fácaib] da cét ... f.¤ two hundred more SR 6456 ( 1 Reg. xxx 10 ). no teigdis teachta ... ar ceand long fos for more ships Todd Nenn. 88 . do fosdadh f.¤ na filidh the poets were kept on Content. xxviii 9 . dogníat gait er Dhia ... dognít f.¤ aindliged dia comarsain PH 7684 . dogeibhthi an crodh ... do-geibhthi f.¤ an fearann TD 14.14 . Orduighem fós ... `Likewise we ordaine' RSCl. 104b . adeir f.¤ Solamh ..., TSh. 84 . gidheadh f.¤ however T.D 22.15 . Rarely beginning sentence: adhrait ┐ ernaigit ... foss dognit oraite, Fl. Earls 122.7 . agas fós do budh eagal liom ... ML 42.9 . After neg.: ní ḟéadaim dol ... ní rachuinn f.¤ dá bhféaduinn I would not go either TD 15.40 . ní fhuil f.¤ , TSh. 192 . gan sinne do chláonadh ... nó an muinnter f.¤ do thiucfadh mar ndíaigh, RSCl. 17a . ní cóir ... ní ar bith do thabhairt amach ... nā f.¤ ní ar bith do bheith aice 20b .