pys
English edit
Noun edit
pys
Anagrams edit
Cornish edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Revived Late Cornish) pes
Noun edit
pys f (singulative pesen)
Middle English edit
Noun edit
pys
- Alternative form of pisse
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pys c
- (somewhat derogatory) small and weak person, usually about young boys
- (somewhat derogatory, somewhat dated, in the definite "pysen") pal, buddy (as a term of address)
- Stick, pysen!
- Beat it, pal!
Declension edit
Declension of pys | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pys | pysen | pysar | pysarna |
Genitive | pys | pysens | pysars | pysarnas |
Verb edit
pys
- imperative of pysa
References edit
Anagrams edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh pys, from Proto-Brythonic *pɨs, from Latin pisum (“pea”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /pɨːs/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /piːs/
- Rhymes: -ɨːs
- Homophone: pis (South Wales)
Noun edit
pys f (collective, singulative pysen)
Derived terms edit
- corbys (“lentils”)
- ffacbys (“chickpeas”)
- gwycbys (“vetch”)
- merbys (“marrowfat peas”)
- pys ar llygad (“cataracts,sties”)
- pys brych (“partridge pea”)
- pys glas (“green peas”)
- pys gwyllt (“vetch”)
- pys gwyn (“white peas”)
- pys gwyrdd (“green peas”)
- pys hir (“kidney beans”)
- pys hollt (“split peas”)
- pys llwyd (“brown peas”)
- pys melyn (“lentils”)
- pys pêr (“sweetpeas”)
- pys poced (“conkers”)
- pys saethwr (“Japanese knotweed”)
- pys slwtsh (“mushy peas”)
- pys walbi (“sweetpeas”)
- pys y bedol (“horseshoe vetch”)
- pys y berth (“bush vetch”)
- pys y ceirw (“any of many flowering peas”)
- pys y coed (“white bryony”)
- pys y fwyall (“ax-fitch”)
- pys y garanod (“vetch”)
- pys y gath (“tufted vetch”)
- pys y llygod (“vetch”)
- pys y wyg (“vetch, tares”)
- pys yr aran (“vetch”)
- pys yr aren (“kidney vetch”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
pys | bys | mhys | phys |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies