biss
Cimbrian edit
Noun edit
biss m (plural bissar)
- (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of viss
Dalmatian edit
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Noun edit
biss m
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biss
Maltese edit
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Etymology edit
From dialectal Arabic بَسّ (bass, “only”, as an interjection also “enough!”), in all likelihood from Persian بس (bas, “enough”), from Middle Persian ws (/was/).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
biss
- only
- Jikteb mhux biss poeżiji, iżda wkoll għanjiet.
- He doesn’t only write poems, but also songs.
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 31:28:
- Lanqas ħallejtni biss inbus is-subien u l-bniet tiegħi. Imxejt tassew ta’ iblah!
- New International Version translation: You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.
- but, on condition that