kies

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch kies.

Noun

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kies (plural kieste)

  1. cheek

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kis/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kies
  • Rhymes: -is

Etymology 1

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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

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kies m (plural kiezen, diminutive kiesje n)

  1. 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.
  2. (figuratively) certain resembling objects
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Descendants
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  • Papiamentu: kis, kies
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Etymology 2

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Unclear. Possibly borrowed from Middle English chis, from Old English ċīs, itself of unclear origin.

Adjective

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kies (comparative kiezer, superlative meest kies or kiest)

  1. delicate, choice
  2. showing good taste, well-chosen
    Antonym: onkies
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Declension of kies
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
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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kies

  1. inflection of kiezen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From ki- (interrogative and relative correlative prefix) + -es (correlative suffix of genitives).

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Pronoun

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kies (interrogative and relative correlative of genitives, plural kies, accusative singular kies, accusative plural kies)

  1. whose, of whom, of which

Usage notes

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Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kies can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kies ajn thus means whosever.

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German

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Verb

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kies

  1. singular imperative of kiesen

Hungarian

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkijɛʃ]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧es
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Adjective

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kies (comparative kiesebb, superlative legkiesebb)

  1. (archaic) picturesque, scenic
    Synonyms: festői, vonzó, elragadó, bűbájos, bájos, hangulatos, kellemes, szép
    Antonyms: kietlen, kopár, puszta, sivár
  2. (archaic, rare) remote, distant, far-off, desolate
    Synonyms: távol eső, félreeső, elhagyatott, eldugott, elszigetelt, elzárt

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
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

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References

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  1. ^ 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

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  • 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

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Noun

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kies c (plural kiezen, diminutive kieske)

  1. A molar

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