kies
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
kies (plural kieste)
Derived terms[edit]
- kiestand (“molar”)
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch kiese (late), borrowed from Old Frisian kēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kūsiju. Displaced older kuis, from Middle Dutch *cuse, from the same Proto-West Germanic source.
Noun[edit]
kies m (plural kiezen, diminutive kiesje n)
- molar
- Synonym: maaltand
- Ik moet naar de tandarts omdat mijn kies pijn doet. ― I have to go to the dentist because my molar hurts.
- De tandarts heeft mijn kies gevuld. ― The dentist filled my molar.
- Een volwassen persoon heeft normaal gesproken twaalf kiezen. ― An adult person typically has twelve molars.
- (figuratively) Certain resembling objects
Derived terms[edit]
- (tooth types) bovenkies, knobbelkies, kunstkies, melkkies, onderkies, voorkies, verstandskies m or f, wijsheidskies
- kiespijn
- kiezentrekker m
- kiezenkas, kiezenkast
- kiezenmerg n
- kiezensleutel
- kiezenspel n
- kiezenstoter m (obsolete spelling kiezenstooter)
- achter de kiezen
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Unclear. Possibly borrowed from Middle English chis, from Old English ċīs, itself of unclear origin.
Adjective[edit]
kies (comparative kiezer, superlative meest kies or kiest)
- delicate, choice
- showing good taste, well-chosen
- Antonym: onkies
Inflection[edit]
Declension of kies | ||||
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uninflected | kies | |||
inflected | kieze | |||
comparative | kiezer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | kies | kiezer | het kiest het kieste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | kieze | kiezere | kieste |
n. sing. | kies | kiezer | kieste | |
plural | kieze | kiezere | kieste | |
definite | kieze | kiezere | kieste | |
partitive | kies | kiezers | — |
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
kies
- inflection of kiezen:
Anagrams[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -es (“correlative suffix of genitives”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
kies (interrogative and relative correlative of genitives, plural kies, accusative singular kies, accusative plural kies)
Usage notes[edit]
Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kies can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kies ajn thus means whosever.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Interrogative | Demonstrative | Indefinite | Universal | Negative | ||
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ki- | ti- | i- | ĉi- | neni- | ||
Kind of, sort of | -a | kia | tia | ia | ĉia | nenia |
Reason | -al | kial | tial | ial | ĉial | nenial |
Time | -am | kiam | tiam | iam | ĉiam | neniam |
Place | -e | kie | tie | ie | ĉie | nenie |
Motion | -en | kien | tien | ien | ĉien | nenien |
Manner | -el | kiel | tiel | iel | ĉiel | neniel |
Possessive | -es | kies | ties | ies | ĉies | nenies |
Demonstrative pronoun | -o | kio | tio | io | ĉio | nenio |
Amount | -om | kiom | tiom | iom | ĉiom | neniom |
Demonstrative determiner | -u | kiu | tiu | iu | ĉiu | neniu |
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio: (file)
Verb[edit]
kies
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From an otherwise unattested stem of unknown origin + -es (adjective-forming suffix). It is not unlikely, however, that it was originated based on similar word pairs as an analogy, compare kegyetlen (“cruel”) – kegyes (“kind, merciful”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
kies (comparative kiesebb, superlative legkiesebb)
- (archaic) picturesque, scenic
- (archaic, rare) remote, distant, far-off, desolate
- Synonyms: távol eső, félreeső, elhagyatott, eldugott, elszigetelt, elzárt
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kies | kiesek |
accusative | kiest | kieseket |
dative | kiesnek | kieseknek |
instrumental | kiessel | kiesekkel |
causal-final | kiesért | kiesekért |
translative | kiessé | kiesekké |
terminative | kiesig | kiesekig |
essive-formal | kiesként | kiesekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kiesben | kiesekben |
superessive | kiesen | kieseken |
adessive | kiesnél | kieseknél |
illative | kiesbe | kiesekbe |
sublative | kiesre | kiesekre |
allative | kieshez | kiesekhez |
elative | kiesből | kiesekből |
delative | kiesről | kiesekről |
ablative | kiestől | kiesektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kiesé | kieseké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kieséi | kiesekéi |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ kies in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading[edit]
- kies 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
West Frisian[edit]
Noun[edit]
kies c (plural kiezen, diminutive kieske)
- A molar
See also[edit]
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/is
- Rhymes:Dutch/is/1 syllable
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Frisian
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch terms with usage examples
- Dutch terms with unknown etymologies
- Dutch terms borrowed from Middle English
- Dutch terms derived from Middle English
- Dutch terms derived from Old English
- Dutch adjectives
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch verb forms
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto terms with audio links
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto pronouns
- Esperanto correlatives
- Esperanto BRO1
- Esperanto GCSE0
- Esperanto interrogative pronouns
- German terms with audio links
- German non-lemma forms
- German verb forms
- Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -es
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛʃ
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛʃ/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian adjectives
- Hungarian terms with archaic senses
- Hungarian terms with rare senses
- West Frisian lemmas
- West Frisian nouns
- West Frisian common-gender nouns