pyes

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See also: Pyes, and pyès

English

Noun

pyes

  1. plural of pye

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Through syncope from dialectal pyves, alteration of pëves, from Old Albanian pëvetën, from Proto-Albanian *apu-wait-ja, from Proto-Indo-European *weyt-; compare Serbo-Croatian véćati (“to deliberate, confer”), Lithuanian vaiténti (“to discuss”), and possibly Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬀 f (vaēθa, “judgment, verdict”).[1] Alternatively, from Proto-Albanian *pūta, related to Latin putō (“to reckon, to ponder”) and Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti.[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

pyes (aorist pyeta, participle pyetur)

  1. to ask, make a question
  2. to consult, see, advise with
  3. to examine, test
  4. (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) to care
    Nuk pyet për veten.
    He doesn't care about himself.
    Kush pyet për të!
    Who cares (about it)!

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 992
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pyes”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 352f.
  • “pýe/s”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1580f.
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “pyes”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 410b
  • Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “πυβές”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 347
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “pevet”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 106a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “püés”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 360
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “pevèt”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1004
  • Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 40: “interrogare — me pȣetune”

Middle English

Etymology 1

From pye (“pie”) +‎ -es (“plural suffix”).

Noun

pyes

  1. plural of pye (“pie”)

Etymology 2

From pye (“magpie”) +‎ -es (“plural suffix”).

Noun

pyes

  1. plural of pye (“magpie”)
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