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English
Etymology 1
From Afrikaans.
Interjection
sies
- (South Africa) Expressing disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
2008, William Higham, Nakada's Touch, page 316:'Sies, man,' a voice said. 'You're a domkop. How you gonna see 'em?'
2011, Niq Mhlongo, After Tears, page 13:“Sies, man!” she said to herself. “Where are the men of this house? Is anybody home?”
Etymology 2
Verb
sies
- third-person singular simple present indicative of sie
Noun
sies
- plural of sie
Anagrams
Aragonese
Etymology
Akin to Spanish seis, from Latin sex.
Numeral
sies
- six
German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ziːs/
- Hyphenation: sies
Contraction
sies
- Contraction of sie es.
1843, Brothers Grimm, “Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1, 5th edition, page 4:Als der Frosch auf den Stuhl gekommen war, sprach er „nun schieb mir dein goldenes Tellerlein näher, damit wir zusammen essen.“ Das that sie nun, aber man sah wohl daß sies nicht gerne that. Der Frosch ließ sichs gut schmecken, aber ihr blieb fast jedes Bißlein im Halse.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Adjective
sies
- sweet
Derived terms
Further reading
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin sex.
Adjective
sies
- six
Noun
sies m (uncountable)
- six
Maltese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Arabic أَسَاس (ʔasās). Compare Moroccan Arabic ساس (sās), Tunisian Arabic ساس (ses).
Noun
sies m (plural sisien)
- foundation, basis
Etymology 2
From Arabic سَاسَ (sāsa, “to lead, direct”) with semantic shift from leading to being led.
Verb
sies (imperfect jsus)
- (with wara) to follow persistently, to tail after
Conjugation
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
sies
- passive form of si
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English chess.
Noun
sies m (uncountable, not mutable)
- chess
Synonyms