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See also: EES, EEs, Ees, ees-, and -ees

English

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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

ees

  1. (rare) plural of e, the name of the letter E.
    • 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:
      These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
    • 1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Esses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone
      to say (full of ees, ies, ues) that plurals are always two or more
    • 2005, David Riede, Allegories of One's Own Mind: Melancholy in Victorian Poetry, page 51:
      The verse is further slowed by the heavy punctuation of the refrain and by the long vowel sounds—not only the "hollow oes and aes" but especially the interminable "ees" of "dreary . . . aweary, aweary."

Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling of is, representing Latino- or French-accented English.

Verb

ees

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of is

Etymology 3

Noun

ees

  1. plural of ee

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ede. Cognates include Finnish esi- and Hungarian előtt.

Postposition

ees

  1. before, in front of

Derived terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

Adverb

ees (dialectal)

  1. Alternative form of edes.

Derived terms

compounds

See also

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology 1

Spatial inflection of ees
→○ illative ettee
○ inessive ees
○→ elative eest

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ees

  1. (of location) in front

Postposition

ees (+ genitive)

  1. (of location) in front of
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 45:
      Monikoos, möö näimmä, painutossihan lopun ees ono monikon tuntomerkki, kummaal sanas ono oma merkitös.
      In the plural, we saw, in front of the case ending is the marker of the plural, with which there is its own marking in the word.

Preposition

ees (+ partitive)

  1. (of location) in front of

Noun

ees

  1. inessive singular of esi

Etymology 2

Lative singular of esi (“front”). Akin to Finnish edes.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ees

  1. even
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
      Kaik väki jo on töös.
      Lapsiil omat hoolet on ees.
      All the people are already working.
      Even children have their own concerns.
Synonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 38
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 24
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