peis

See also: Peis and Péis

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) pais

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pais, borrowed from Old French pais, from Latin pax, from Proto-Italic *pāks, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂ḱ-s (“peace”). Cognate to English peace and French paix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛi̯s/

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Noun

peis f (uncountable)

1. (archaic) peace

   Synonym: vrede

Derived terms

• peis en vree

Anagrams

• pies, spie

Ladin

Alternative forms

• pëis

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.

Noun

peis m (plural peisc)

1. weight

Norman

Alternative forms

• pais (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French peis, pois, from Latin pīsum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

Noun

peis m (plural peis)

1. (Guernsey) pea
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 512:

     Si nou lli dounne ùn peis i' prend une faïve.

     If you give him a pea, he'll take a bean.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

peis m (definite singular peisen, indefinite plural peiser, definite plural peisene)

1. a fireplace (equipped with a chimney to funnel smoke away)

Hypernyms

• ildsted

Derived terms

• peiskos

References

• “peis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• peish (Gascony)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin piscem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

peis m (plural peisses)

1. fish (a cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water)

Derived terms

• a un peis nadar non s’ensenha pas
• coma un peis dins l’aiga
• far de peis
• gai coma un peis dins l’aiga
• ont l’aiga dòrm, aquí lo peis
• qui vòl de peis, cal que se banhe
• se regalar coma un peis sus la grasilha

 

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 507.
• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[2], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 728.

Old French

Etymology 1

See pais.

Noun

peis oblique singular, f (oblique plural peis, nominative singular peis, nominative plural peis)

1. Alternative form of pais

Etymology 2

See pois.

Noun

peis oblique singular, f (oblique plural peis, nominative singular peis, nominative plural peis)

1. Alternative form of pois (“weight”)

Etymology 3

See pois.

Noun

peis oblique singular, f (oblique plural peis, nominative singular peis, nominative plural peis)

1. Alternative form of pois (“peas”)

Romansch

Noun

peis m pl

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) plural of pe
2. (Puter, Vallader) plural of pè
3. (Sursilvan) plural of pei

Welsh

Etymology

From pei +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /peis/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /peiz/

Noun

peis

1. plural of pei

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
peis	beis	mheis	pheis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.