bies
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch biese, from Old Dutch *biesa, from Proto-West Germanic *beusu.
Pronunciation
Noun
bies f (plural biezen, diminutive biesje n)
- a bulrush, club-rush; any of various plants from the genera Scirpus, Schoenoplectus or Bolboschoenus, particularly Schoenoplectus
- piping (on a seam)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: bis
East Central German
Etymology
Adjective
bies
- (Erzgebirgisch) evil, malicious
- (Erzgebirgisch) bad, naughty
- (Erzgebirgisch) angry
- Bisste bies?
- Are you angry?
Further reading
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 23:
Maltese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| b-w-s |
| 6 terms |
Verb
bies (imperfect jbus, past participle mibjus, verbal noun bews)
- to kiss
Conjugation
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | bist | bist | bies | bisna | bistu | biesu | |
| f | bieset | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nbus | tbus | jbus | nbusu | tbusu | jbusu | |
| f | tbus | |||||||
| imperative | bus | busu | ||||||
Etymology 2
Noun
bies m (plural bisien or bjies or ibies or ibsa)
- peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Synonym: bies prim
- Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo)
- Synonyms: bies sekond, falkett
- flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans)
- Synonyms: falkun, rondinella, garnaw, ħamiema, pixxi seqer
Derived terms
Old Irish
Verb
bies
- Alternative form of bias
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish bies, from Old Ruthenian бѣсъ (běs),[1] from Proto-Slavic *bě̑sъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *baiˀsás (“someone frightening”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyh₂-dʰh₁-so-s, from the root *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”). Compare Lithuanian baĩsas.
Expected native form *bias is attested in toponym Biasowice.
Pronunciation
Noun
bies m animal (augmentative biesisko)
Declension
Declension of bies
Related terms
adjective
verb
References
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “bies”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 28
Further reading
- bies in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bies in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “bies”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
bies n (Cyrillic spelling биес)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bies m (plural bieses)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bies”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10