sies

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

English

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Etymology 1

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From Afrikaans.

Interjection

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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

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Verb

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sies

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sie

Noun

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sies

  1. plural of sie

Anagrams

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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Akin to Spanish seis, from Latin sex.

Numeral

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sies

  1. six

German

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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

Contraction

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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

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sies

  1. sweet

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Ladin

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Ladin cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : sies
    Ordinal : sest

Etymology

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From Latin sex.

Adjective

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sies

  1. six

Noun

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sies m (uncountable)

  1. six

Maltese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Root
s-j-s
4 terms

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

Noun

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sies m (plural sisien)

  1. foundation, basis

Etymology 2

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Root
s-w-s
1 term

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

Verb

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sies (imperfect jsus)

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

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Verb

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sies

  1. passive form of si

Welsh

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English chess.

Noun

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sies m (uncountable, not mutable)

  1. chess

Synonyms

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