kies
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kies (plural kieste)
Derived terms edit
- kiestand (“molar”)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch kiese (late), borrowed from Old Frisian kēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kūsiju. Displaced older kuis, from Middle Dutch *cuse, from the same Proto-West Germanic source.
Noun edit
kies m (plural kiezen, diminutive kiesje n)
- molar
- Synonym: maaltand
- Ik moet naar de tandarts omdat mijn kies pijn doet. ― I have to go to the dentist because my molar hurts.
- De tandarts heeft mijn kies gevuld. ― The dentist filled my molar.
- Een volwassen persoon heeft normaal gesproken twaalf kiezen. ― An adult person typically has twelve molars.
- (figuratively) Certain resembling objects
Derived terms edit
- (tooth types) bovenkies, knobbelkies, kunstkies, melkkies, onderkies, voorkies, verstandskies m or f, wijsheidskies
- kiespijn
- kiezentrekker m
- kiezenkas, kiezenkast
- kiezenmerg n
- kiezensleutel
- kiezenspel n
- kiezenstoter m (obsolete spelling kiezenstooter)
- achter de kiezen
Descendants edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Unclear. Possibly borrowed from Middle English chis, from Old English ċīs, itself of unclear origin.
Adjective edit
kies (comparative kiezer, superlative meest kies or kiest)
- delicate, choice
- showing good taste, well-chosen
- Antonym: onkies
Inflection edit
Inflection of kies | ||||
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uninflected | kies | |||
inflected | kieze | |||
comparative | kiezer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | kies | kiezer | het kiest het kieste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | kieze | kiezere | kieste |
n. sing. | kies | kiezer | kieste | |
plural | kieze | kiezere | kieste | |
definite | kieze | kiezere | kieste | |
partitive | kies | kiezers | — |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
kies
- inflection of kiezen:
Anagrams edit
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -es (“correlative suffix of genitives”).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
kies (interrogative and relative correlative of genitives, plural kies, accusative singular kies, accusative plural kies)
Usage notes edit
Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kies can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kies ajn thus means whosever.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Interrogative | Demonstrative | Indefinite | Universal | Negative | ||
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ki- | ti- | i- | ĉi- | neni- | ||
Kind of, sort of | -a | kia | tia | ia | ĉia | nenia |
Reason | -al | kial | tial | ial | ĉial | nenial |
Time | -am | kiam | tiam | iam | ĉiam | neniam |
Place | -e | kie | tie | ie | ĉie | nenie |
Motion | -en | kien | tien | ien | ĉien | nenien |
Manner | -el | kiel | tiel | iel | ĉiel | neniel |
Possessive | -es | kies | ties | ies | ĉies | nenies |
Demonstrative pronoun | -o | kio | tio | io | ĉio | nenio |
Amount | -om | kiom | tiom | iom | ĉiom | neniom |
Demonstrative determiner | -u | kiu | tiu | iu | ĉiu | neniu |
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
kies
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From an otherwise unattested stem of unknown origin + -es (adjective-forming suffix). It is not unlikely, however, that it was originated based on similar word pairs as an analogy, compare kegyetlen (“cruel”) – kegyes (“kind, merciful”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kies (comparative kiesebb, superlative legkiesebb)
- (archaic) picturesque, scenic
- (archaic, rare) remote, distant, far-off, desolate
- Synonyms: távol eső, félreeső, elhagyatott, eldugott, elszigetelt, elzárt
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kies | kiesek |
accusative | kiest | kieseket |
dative | kiesnek | kieseknek |
instrumental | kiessel | kiesekkel |
causal-final | kiesért | kiesekért |
translative | kiessé | kiesekké |
terminative | kiesig | kiesekig |
essive-formal | kiesként | kiesekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kiesben | kiesekben |
superessive | kiesen | kieseken |
adessive | kiesnél | kieseknél |
illative | kiesbe | kiesekbe |
sublative | kiesre | kiesekre |
allative | kieshez | kiesekhez |
elative | kiesből | kiesekből |
delative | kiesről | kiesekről |
ablative | kiestől | kiesektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kiesé | kieseké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kieséi | kiesekéi |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ kies in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- kies in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
West Frisian edit
Noun edit
kies c (plural kiezen, diminutive kieske)
- A molar