bies
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch biese, from Old Dutch *biesa, from Proto-West Germanic *beusu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bies f (plural biezen, diminutive biesje n)
- A bulrush, club-rush; any of various plants from the genera Scirpus, Schoenoplectus or Bolboschoenus, particularly Schoenoplectus
- piping (on a seam)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: bis
East Central German edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
bies
- (Erzgebirgisch) evil, malicious
- (Erzgebirgisch) bad, naughty
- (Erzgebirgisch) angry
- Bisste bies?
- Are you angry?
Further reading edit
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 23:
Maltese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Root |
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b-w-s |
6 terms |
Verb edit
bies (imperfect jbus, past participle mibjus, verbal noun bews)
- to kiss
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bies | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | bist | bist | bies | bisna | bistu | biesu | |
f | bieset | |||||||
imperfect | m | nbus | tbus | jbus | nbusu | tbusu | jbusu | |
f | tbus | |||||||
imperative | bus | busu |
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
bies m (plural bisien or bjies or ibies or ibsa)
- peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Synonym: bies prim
- Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo)
- Synonyms: bies sekond, falkett
- flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans)
- Synonyms: falkun, rondinella, garnaw, ħamiema, pixxi seqer
Derived terms edit
Old Irish edit
Verb edit
bies
- Alternative form of bias
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish bies, in turn borrowed from Old Ruthenian бѣсъ (běs),[1] from Proto-Slavic *bě̑sъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *baiˀsás (“someone frightening”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyh₂-dʰh₁-so-s, from the root *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”). Cognate to Lithuanian baĩsas.
Expected native form *bias is attested in toponym Biasowice.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bies m animal (augmentative biesisko)
Declension edit
Declension of bies
Related terms edit
adjective
verb
References edit
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “bies”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 28
Further reading edit
- bies in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bies in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “bies”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
bies n (Cyrillic spelling биес)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bies m (plural bieses)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bies”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014