See also: EES, EEs, Ees, ees-, and -ees

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Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ees

  1. (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

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of is

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

ees

  1. plural of ee

Anagrams edit

Estonian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ede. Cognates include Finnish esi- and Hungarian előtt.

Postposition edit

ees

  1. before, in front of

Derived terms edit

Finnish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːs/, [ˈe̞ːs̠]
  • Rhymes: -eːs
  • Syllabification(key): ees

Adverb edit

ees (dialectal)

  1. Alternative form of edes.

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Anagrams edit

Ingrian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Spatial inflection of ees
→○ illative ettee
inessive ees
○→ elative eest

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

ees

  1. (of location) in front

Postposition edit

ees (+ genitive)

  1. (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)

  1. (of location) in front of

Noun edit

ees

  1. inessive singular of esi

Etymology 2 edit

Lative singular of esi (front). Akin to Finnish edes.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

ees

  1. 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.
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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