pys
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Pys
English
Noun
pys
Anagrams
Cornish
Alternative forms
- (Revived Late Cornish) pes
Noun
pys f (singulative pesen)
Middle English
Noun
pys
- Alternative form of pisse
Swedish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
pys c
- (somewhat derogatory) small and weak person, usually about young boys
- (somewhat derogatory, somewhat dated, in the definite "pysen") pal, buddy (as a term of address)
- Stick, pysen!
- Beat it, pal!
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | pys | pys |
| definite | pysen | pysens | |
| plural | indefinite | pysar | pysars |
| definite | pysarna | pysarnas |
Verb
pys
- imperative of pysa
References
Anagrams
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh pys, from Proto-Brythonic *pɨs, from Latin pisum (“pea”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /pɨːs/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /piːs/
- Rhymes: -ɨːs
- Homophone: pis (South Wales)
Noun
pys f (collective, singulative pysen)
Derived terms
- corbys (“lentils”)
- ffacbys (“chickpeas”)
- gwycbys (“vetch”)
- merbys (“marrowfat peas”)
- pys ar llygad (“cataracts,sties”)
- pys brych (“partridge pea”)
- pys glas (“green peas”)
- pys gwyllt (“vetch”)
- pys gwyn (“white peas”)
- pys gwyrdd (“green peas”)
- pys hir (“kidney beans”)
- pys hollt (“split peas”)
- pys llwyd (“brown peas”)
- pys melyn (“lentils”)
- pys pêr (“sweetpeas”)
- pys poced (“conkers”)
- pys saethwr (“Japanese knotweed”)
- pys slwtsh (“mushy peas”)
- pys walbi (“sweetpeas”)
- pys y bedol (“horseshoe vetch”)
- pys y berth (“bush vetch”)
- pys y ceirw (“any of many flowering peas”)
- pys y coed (“white bryony”)
- pys y fwyall (“ax-fitch”)
- pys y garanod (“vetch”)
- pys y gath (“tufted vetch”)
- pys y llygod (“vetch”)
- pys y wyg (“vetch, tares”)
- pys yr aran (“vetch”)
- pys yr aren (“kidney vetch”)
- Sul y pys (“Carlin Sunday”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| pys | bys | mhys | phys |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies