ies

See also: Ies, IES, íes, ieš, -ies, i. e. S., and i.e.S.

English

Noun

ies

1. (rare) plural of i, the name of the letter I.

Anagrams

• -ise, EIS, EIs, ESI, I'se, ISE, sei, sie

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Aromanian

Verb

ies (third-person singular present indicative iasi/iase, past participle ishitã)

1. Alternative form of es

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Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *iz. Cognate with Gothic 𐌹𐍃 (is), German er.

Pronoun

ies

1. he
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Ies Varthata. Ille fecit.

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Esperanto

Etymology

From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) +‎ -es (correlative suffix of genitives).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

ies (plural ies, accusative singular ies, accusative plural ies)

1. someone's (indeterminate correlative of genitives)

Derived terms

• ies ajn (“anyone's”)
• iesaĵo (“property, s.t. belonging to s.o.”)

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Finnish

Etymology

From earlier *ikes, borrowed from Old East Slavic иго (igo) (gen. ига (iga), *ижесе (*ižese)), from Proto-Slavic *jьgo (gen. *jьga, *jьžese), from earlier *jъgo (gen. *jъga, *jъgese), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *juga-, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈie̯s/, [ˈie̞̯s̠]
• Rhymes: -ies
• Hyphenation: ies

Noun

ies

1. Yoke.
2. (figuratively) Yoke, restraint, burden, load; repression, slavery, oppression, persecution, tyranny.

   ikeen alla = under the yoke

Declension

Inflection of ies (Kotus type 41/vieras, k- gradation)
nominative		ies	ikeet
genitive		ikeen	ikeiden ikeitten
partitive		iestä	ikeitä
illative		ikeeseen	ikeisiin
		singular	plural
nominative		ies	ikeet
accusative	nom.	ies	ikeet
	gen.	ikeen
genitive		ikeen	ikeiden ikeitten
partitive		iestä	ikeitä
inessive		ikeessä	ikeissä
elative		ikeestä	ikeistä
illative		ikeeseen	ikeisiin ikeihinrare
adessive		ikeellä	ikeillä
ablative		ikeeltä	ikeiltä
allative		ikeelle	ikeille
essive		ikeenä	ikeinä
translative		ikeeksi	ikeiksi
instructive		—	ikein
abessive		ikeettä	ikeittä
comitative		—	ikeineen

Synonyms

• (yoke, restraint, burden, load): taakka, kuorma, pakko
• (oppression, persecution, repression, slavery, tyranny): sorto, orjuus

References

• Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “иго”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

Anagrams

• eis, esi-, sei, sie

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Latvian

Verb

ies

1. 3rd person singular future indicative form of iet
2. 3rd person plural future indicative form of iet

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Old French

Verb

ies

1. second-person singular imperfect indicative of estre

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Romanian

Verb

ies

1. first-person singular present indicative of ieși
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of ieși
3. third-person plural present indicative of ieși

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) oss
• (Surmiran) òss
• (Puter, Vallader) öss

Etymology

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os.

Noun

ies m

1. (Sursilvan) bone