ees
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ees
- (rare) plural of e, the name of the letter E.
- 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:
- These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
- 1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Esses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone
- to say (full of ees, ies, ues) that plurals are always two or more
- 2005, David Riede, Allegories of One's Own Mind: Melancholy in Victorian Poetry, page 51:
- The verse is further slowed by the heavy punctuation of the refrain and by the long vowel sounds—not only the "hollow oes and aes" but especially the interminable "ees" of "dreary . . . aweary, aweary."
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation spelling of is, representing Latino- or French-accented English.
Verb edit
ees
- (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of is
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
ees
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ede. Cognates include Finnish esi- and Hungarian előtt.
Postposition edit
ees
- before, in front of
Derived terms edit
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ees (dialectal)
- Alternative form of edes.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Ingrian edit
Etymology 1 edit
→○ | illative | ettee |
---|---|---|
○ | inessive | ees |
○→ | elative | eest |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈeːsːæ/, [ˈeːs̠ː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈeːs/, [ˈe̝ːʒ̥]
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈeːs/, [ˈe̝ːʒ̥]
- Rhymes: -eːsː, -eːs
- Hyphenation: ees
Adverb edit
ees
- (of location) in front
Postposition edit
ees (+ genitive)
- (of location) in front of
- 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 45:
- Monikoos, möö näimmä, painutossihan lopun ees ono monikon tuntomerkki, kummaal sanas ono oma merkitös.
- In the plural, we saw, in front of the case ending is the marker of the plural, with which there is its own marking in the word.
Preposition edit
ees (+ partitive)
- (of location) in front of
Noun edit
ees
Etymology 2 edit
Lative singular of esi (“front”). Akin to Finnish edes.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈeːs/, [ˈeːz̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈeːs/, [ˈe̝ːʒ̥]
- Rhymes: -eːs
- Hyphenation: ees
Adverb edit
ees
- even
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
- Kaik väki jo on töös.
Lapsiil omat hoolet on ees.- All the people are already working.
Even children have their own concerns.
- All the people are already working.
Synonyms edit
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 38
- Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 24