posed

See also: pošed

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəʊzd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /poʊzd/
• Rhymes: -əʊzd

Verb

posed

1. simple past and past participle of pose
2. Alternative spelling of supposed.

Adjective

posed

1. (obsolete) Firm; determined; fixed.
2. (often in combinations) Holding a certain pose

Derived terms

• ill-posed
• posedness
• unposed
• well-posed

Anagrams

• deops, depos, despo, dopes, op-eds, pedos, podes

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa

Proto-Slavic *po

Proto-Slavic *po-

Old Czech po-

Proto-Indo-European *sed-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *sēdḗˀtei

Proto-Slavic *sěděti

Old Czech sěděti

Old Czech posěděti

Czech posedětdeverb.

Czech posed

Deverbal from posedět.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈposɛt]

Noun

posed m inan

1. tree stand
2. seating, seat

Declension

Declension of posed (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	posed	posedy
genitive	posedu	posedů
dative	posedu	posedům
accusative	posed	posedy
vocative	posede	posedy
locative	posedu	posedech
instrumental	posedem	posedy

Further reading

• “posed”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “posed”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “posed”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Maranao

Etymology

From pused, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusəj, compare Malay pusat.

Noun

posed

1. navel

Old Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from poseděti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈposɛd/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈposɛt/

Noun

posed m inan

1. sitting area in front of the house

Declension

Declension of posed (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	posed	posedy	posedi, posedové
genitive	poseda, posedu	posedú	posedóv
dative	posedu	posedoma	posedóm
accusative	posed	posedy	posedy
vocative	posede	posedy	posedi, posedové
locative	posedě, posedu	posedú	posediech
instrumental	posedem	posedoma	posedy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: posed

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “posed”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pósjed (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒːsed/
• Hyphenation: po‧sed

Noun

pósed m inan (Cyrillic spelling по́сед)

1. possession, ownership
2. property (piece of real estate)

Declension

Declension of posed

	singular	plural
nominative	posed	posedi
genitive	poseda	poseda
dative	posedu	posedima
accusative	posed	posede
vocative	posede	posedi
locative	posedu	posedima
instrumental	posedom	posedima