sies

See also: Sies, síes, Síes, -sies, and S'ies

English

Etymology 1

From Afrikaans.

Interjection

sies

1. (South Africa) Expressing disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
   • 2008, William Higham, Nakada's Touch, page 316:

     'Sies, man,' a voice said. 'You're a domkop. How you gonna see 'em?'

   • 2011, Niq Mhlongo, After Tears, page 13:

     “Sies, man!” she said to herself. “Where are the men of this house? Is anybody home?”

Etymology 2

Verb

sies

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sie

Noun

sies

1. plural of sie

Anagrams

• sise, seis, Isse, -esis

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin sex. Akin to Spanish seis.

Numeral

sies

1. six

German

Alternative forms

• sie's

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziːs/
• Hyphenation: sies

Contraction

sies

1. Contraction of sie es.
   • 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1‎^[1], 5th edition, page 4:

     Als der Frosch auf den Stuhl gekommen war, sprach er „nun schieb mir dein goldenes Tellerlein näher, damit wir zusammen essen.“ Das that sie nun, aber man sah wohl daß sies nicht gerne that. Der Frosch ließ sichs gut schmecken, aber ihr blieb fast jedes Bißlein im Halse.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• siis (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

From Central Franconian söß, from Middle High German süeze, from Old High German suozi, from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs
• Syllabification: sies
• Homophone: Sies

Adjective

sies (comparative sieser, superlative siesest)

1. sweet
   • 2022 November, Naye Testamënt Tswaayxproochich [Bilingual New Testament], Barueri: Sociedade Bíblica do Brasil, →ISBN, Apokalipse 10:10:

     Tan hon ich tas pichelche kehool fom ëngel sayn hant un hon em kes, un in mayn munt waar tas siis wii hoonich. Awer, wan ich en xon uner kexlikt hat, is mayne maache sauer kep.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of sies (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
weak inflection	nominative	sies	sies	sies	siese
	accusative	siese	sies	sies	siese
	dative	siese	siese	siese	siese
strong inflection	nominative	sieser	siese	sieses	siese
	accusative	siese	siese	sieses	siese
	dative	siesem	sieser	siesem	siese

Derived terms

• bittersies
• Sies
• Siesichkeet
• Sieskartoffel
• Siesransch

Ladin

Ladin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sies     Ordinal : sest

Etymology

From Latin sex.

Adjective

sies

1. six

Noun

sies m (uncountable)

1. six

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.eːs/, [ˈs̠ieːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.es/, [ˈsiːes]

Verb

siēs

1. (Old Latin or poetic) second-person singular present active subjunctive of sum

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪːs/

Etymology 1

Root
s-j-s
4 terms

From Arabic أَسَاس (ʔasās). Compare Moroccan Arabic ساس (sās), Tunisian Arabic ساس (ses).

Noun

sies m (plural sisien)

1. foundation, basis

Etymology 2

Root
s-w-s
1 term

From Arabic سَاسَ (sāsa, “to lead, direct”) with semantic shift from leading to being led.

Verb

sies (imperfect jsus)

1. (with wara) to follow persistently, to tail after

Conjugation

Conjugation of sies

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sist	sist	sies		sisna	sistu	siesu
	f			sieset
imperfect	m	nsus	ssus	jsus		nsusu	ssusu	jsusu
	f			ssus
imperative			sus				susu

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sies

1. passive form of si

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English chess.

Noun

sies m (uncountable, not mutable)

1. chess

Synonyms

• gwyddbwyll