pyes

See also: Pyes and pyès

English

Noun

pyes

1. plural of pye

Anagrams

• Espy, Spey, Yeps, espy, spye, yeps

Albanian

Alternative forms

• pyet
• pys — Gheg
• pjes, pies — dialectal
• pienj — Sicily
• pëves, peves, poves, puves, pyves, pves, bves, ves — Gheg
• dves — northwestern Gheg

Etymology

Through syncope from dialectal pyves, alteration of pëves, from Old Albanian pëvetën, from Proto-Albanian *apu-wait-ja, from Proto-Indo-European *weyt-; compare Serbo-Croatian véćati (“to deliberate, confer”), Lithuanian vaiténti (“to discuss”), and possibly Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬀 f (vaēθa, “judgment, verdict”). Alternatively, from Proto-Albanian *pūta, related to Latin putō (“to reckon, to ponder”) and Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpyes/
• Rhymes: -yes

Verb

pyes (aorist pyeta, participle pyetur)

1. to ask, make a question
2. to consult, see, advise with
3. to examine, test
4. (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) to care [with për ‘about’]

   Nuk pyet për veten.

   He doesn't care about himself.

   Kush pyet për të!

   Who cares (about it)!

Derived terms

• pyetës
• pyetësi
• pyetësor
• pyetje

 

References

• “pýe/s”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1580f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “pyes”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 410b
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “πυβές”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 347
• Jungg, G. (1895) “pevet”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 106a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “püés”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 360
• Rossi, F. (1875) “pevèt”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1004
• Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 40: “interrogare — me pȣetune”

Middle English

Etymology 1

From pye (“pie”) +‎ -es (“plural suffix”).

Noun

pyes

1. plural of pye (“pie”)

Etymology 2

From pye (“magpie”) +‎ -es (“plural suffix”).

Noun

pyes

1. plural of pye (“magpie”)