From the military term GIS, "general impression and shape".
gis (uncountable)
gis
gis
From German Gis (German key notation).
gis
Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.
Inflection of gis (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | gis | gisit | ||
genitive | gisin | gisien | ||
partitive | gisiä | gisejä | ||
illative | gisiin | giseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | gis | gisit | ||
accusative | nom. | gis | gisit | |
gen. | gisin | |||
genitive | gisin | gisien | ||
partitive | gisiä | gisejä | ||
inessive | gisissä | giseissä | ||
elative | gisistä | giseistä | ||
illative | gisiin | giseihin | ||
adessive | gisillä | giseillä | ||
ablative | gisiltä | giseiltä | ||
allative | gisille | giseille | ||
essive | gisinä | giseinä | ||
translative | gisiksi | giseiksi | ||
abessive | gisittä | giseittä | ||
instructive | — | gisein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
gis
gis
Borrowed from Arabic جِبْس (jibs, “gypsum”), from Latin gypsum (“plaster”), from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Doublet of yeso, which was inherited.
gis m (plural gises)
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gis
Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 100