خیس

See also: جيش, چیش, چىش, and جیش

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *haič- (“to pour”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to moisten”). Cognate with Sanskrit सेक (seka, “sprinkling; moistening”), Ancient Greek ἰκμᾰ́ς (ikmás, “wetness”), possibly Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea, lake, ocean”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xeːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xeːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xeːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xeːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xeːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xiːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χes]

Readings
Classical reading?	xēs
Dari reading?	xēs
Iranian reading?	xis
Tajik reading?	xes

Adjective

خیس • (xis) (comparative خیس‌تَر (xis-tar), superlative خیس‌تَرین (xis-tarin))

1. wet; soaked; drenched

   Antonym: خشک (xošk, “dry”)

   کفشم خیس شده. ― kafš-am xis šode. ― My shoe has gotten soaked.

Derived terms

• خیس کردن (xis kardan)
• خیساندن (xisândan)

 

References

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 127–128