sis
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (informal) Clipping of sister.
- big sis
- 1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig:
- My sis is tying the knot. I want you to play for the reception.
Synonyms edit
- (sister): sissy
Translations edit
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Pronoun edit
sis (third-person singular, feminine, nominative case)
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) she
See also edit
- sis boom bah (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams edit
Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Cognate with Turkish sis.
Noun edit
sis (definite accusative sisi, plural sislər)
Declension edit
Declension of sis | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | sis |
sislər | ||||||
definite accusative | sisi |
sisləri | ||||||
dative | sisə |
sislərə | ||||||
locative | sisdə |
sislərdə | ||||||
ablative | sisdən |
sislərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | sisin |
sislərin |
Further reading edit
- “sis” in Obastan.com.
Bouyei edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ (“four”), from Middle Chinese 四 (MC sijH, “four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with Thai สี่ (sìi), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Lao ສີ່ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii¹), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (sǐ), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Zhuang seiq.
Pronunciation edit
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Cardinal : sis | ||
sis
Synonyms edit
- siq (in loanwords from Chinese)
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Cardinal: sis Ordinal (Central): sisè Ordinal (Valencian): sisé Ordinal (Latinate): sext Ordinal abbreviation (Central): 6è Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian): 6é Ordinal abbreviation (Latinate): 6t Multiplier: sèxtuple | ||
Catalan Wikipedia article on 6 |
Inherited from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.
Numeral edit
sis m or f
Noun edit
sis m (plural sisos)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
sis
References edit
- “sis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Contraction edit
sis
Usage notes edit
When using a reflexive verb in the second-person singular past form and in conditional, the auxiliary verb být (“to be”) is replaced with just -s appended to the reflexive pronoun se, si. The full form “jsi se”, “jsi si” is proscribed as hypercorrect.
Related terms edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sis
- inflection of sissen:
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
sis (feminine sise, masculine plural sis, feminine plural sises)
- past participle of seoir
Adjective edit
sis (feminine sise, masculine plural sis, feminine plural sises)
- (law or literary) located
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 4, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
- Par les larges hublots du lab, sis au sixième étage, la vue dominait une mer orangée de tuiles en terre cuite qui rappelaient que cette ville avait été, avant d’être « civinisée », une plutôt avenante cité provençale.
- The view from the lab's big windows, located on the sixth floor, overlooked a sea of orange terracotta tiles, which were a reminder that before it was "civinized", this had been a rather charming Provençal town.
Further reading edit
- “sis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Noun edit
sis m pl
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
sis
- Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐍃
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
sis
Ido edit
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Cardinal: sis Ordinal: sisesma Adverbial: sisfoye Multiplier: sisopla Fractional: sisima |
Etymology edit
From English six, French six, German sechs, Spanish seis, Italian sei, Russian шесть (šestʹ), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.
Numeral edit
sis
- six (6)
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
A contraction of sī vīs, from sī (“if”) + vīs (“you want”), the second person of volō (“to want”). Literally meaning "if you want".
Adverb edit
sīs (not comparable)
Etymology 2 edit
Inflected form of sum (“I am”).
Verb edit
sīs
References edit
- “sis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Louisiana Creole edit
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Cardinal : sis | ||
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from French six (“six”).
Numeral edit
sis
Usage notes edit
- This word is used independently of nouns.
- When preceding nouns, si is used for consonant-initial words, and siz is used for vowel-initial words. Compare French etymon six.
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from French sucer (“to suck”).
Verb edit
sis
- short form of sisé (“to suck”)
Mauritian Creole edit
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Cardinal : sis Ordinal : siziem | ||
Etymology edit
Numeral edit
sis
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Athabaskan *səx. Cognate with Western Apache sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.
Noun edit
sis (possessed form -ziiz)
Inflection edit
singular | duoplural | plural | |
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1st person | shiziiz | nihiziiz | danihiziiz |
2nd person | niziiz | nihiziiz | danihiziiz |
3rd person | biziiz | ||
4th person (3o) | yiziiz | ||
4th person (3a) | haziiz | ||
Indefinite (3i) | aziiz |
Etymology 2 edit
Cognate with Tsuut'ina sis, Beaver shís, hís, Sekani hís, Chipewyan sheθ, Carrier shuθ.
Noun edit
sis
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
- Sis Naateel (“Wide Belt Mesa NM, Sisnathyel Mesa”)
- Sisnaajiní (“Blanca Peak”)
- Tsisnaajiní (“Blanca Peak”)
Northern Sami edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
sis
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.
Pronunciation edit
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6 | Previous: | cinc |
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Next: | set |
sis
Descendants edit
Old High German edit
Verb edit
sīs
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sex (compare Spanish seis), from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.
Numeral edit
sis
Tok Pisin edit
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Noun edit
sis
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish سیس (sis, “freckle, spot; mist, fog”), origin unknown.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
sis (definite accusative sisi, plural sisler)
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Nominative | sis | sisler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dative | sise | sislere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | siste | sislerde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | sisten | sislerden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | sisin | sislerin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Western Apache edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Athabaskan *səx. Cognate with Navajo sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sis (possessed form -ziz)