cies

See also: cieś, cíes, and ĉies

Latin

Verb

ciēs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of cieō

Old English

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Alternative forms

• ċīs, *ċȳs

Etymology

Apparently from Proto-West Germanic *kiusi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi͜yːs/

Adjective

ċīes

1. choosy; dainty or fussy (in eating)

Declension

Declension of ċīes — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ċīes	ċīes	ċīes
Accusative	ċīesne	ċīese	ċīes
Genitive	ċīeses	ċīesre	ċīeses
Dative	ċīesum	ċīesre	ċīesum
Instrumental	ċīese	ċīesre	ċīese
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ċīese	ċīesa, ċīese	ċīes
Accusative	ċīese	ċīesa, ċīese	ċīes
Genitive	ċīesra	ċīesra	ċīesra
Dative	ċīesum	ċīesum	ċīesum
Instrumental	ċīesum	ċīesum	ċīesum

Declension of ċīes — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ċīesa	ċīese	ċīese
Accusative	ċīesan	ċīesan	ċīese
Genitive	ċīesan	ċīesan	ċīesan
Dative	ċīesan	ċīesan	ċīesan
Instrumental	ċīesan	ċīesan	ċīesan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ċīesan	ċīesan	ċīesan
Accusative	ċīesan	ċīesan	ċīesan
Genitive	ċīesra, ċīesena	ċīesra, ċīesena	ċīesra, ċīesena
Dative	ċīesum	ċīesum	ċīesum
Instrumental	ċīesum	ċīesum	ċīesum

Related terms

• ċēosan

Descendants

• Middle English: chis, chys, chyse, chuse, cis (Early Middle English)
  • ⇒ Middle English: choys (merger with the noun)
    • English: choice
    • Scots: chois, chose

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cís”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “cīs”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I ⁠‎^[2], Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθjes/ [ˈθjes]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsjes/ [ˈsjes]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: cies

Verb

cies

1. second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of ciar