tis
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɪz/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪz
Contraction edit
tis
- Alternative form of 'tis
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
tis
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech tis, from Proto-Slavic *tisъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tis m inan
- yew (tree or wood)
Declension edit
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Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
tis
Romanian edit
Noun edit
tis m (plural tiși)
- Alternative form of tisă
Declension edit
Tok Pisin edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
tis
Yola edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of it is.
Pronunciation edit
Contraction edit
tis
- it is
- Synonym: it's
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 84:
- Lidge w'ouse an a milagh, tis gaay an louthee:
- Lie with us on the clover, 'tis fair and sheltered:
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 84