sies

See also: Sies, síes, Síes, -sies, and S'ies

English

Etymology 1

From Afrikaans.

Interjection

sies

1. (South Africa) Expressing disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
   • 2008, William Higham, Nakada's Touch, page 316:

     'Sies, man,' a voice said. 'You're a domkop. How you gonna see 'em?'

   • 2011, Niq Mhlongo, After Tears, page 13:

     “Sies, man!” she said to herself. “Where are the men of this house? Is anybody home?”

Etymology 2

Verb

sies

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sie

Noun

sies

1. plural of sie

Anagrams

• -esis, seis, sise

Aragonese

Etymology

Akin to Spanish seis, from Latin sex.

Numeral

sies

1. six

German

Alternative forms

• sie's

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziːs/
• Hyphenation: sies

Contraction

sies

1. Contraction of sie es.
   • 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1‎^[1], 5th edition, page 4:

     Als der Frosch auf den Stuhl gekommen war, sprach er „nun schieb mir dein goldenes Tellerlein näher, damit wir zusammen essen.“ Das that sie nun, aber man sah wohl daß sies nicht gerne that. Der Frosch ließ sichs gut schmecken, aber ihr blieb fast jedes Bißlein im Halse.

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːs/

Adjective

sies

1. sweet

Derived terms

• Siesichkeet
• Sieskartoffel
• Siesransch

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Ladin

Ladin cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : sies     Ordinal : sest

Etymology

From Latin sex.

Adjective

sies

1. six

Noun

sies m (uncountable)

1. six

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪːs/

Etymology 1

Root
s-j-s
4 terms

From Arabic أَسَاس (ʔasās). Compare Moroccan Arabic ساس (sās), Tunisian Arabic ساس (ses).

Noun

sies m (plural sisien)

1. foundation, basis

Etymology 2

Root
s-w-s
1 term

From Arabic سَاسَ (sāsa, “to lead, direct”) with semantic shift from leading to being led.

Verb

sies (imperfect jsus)

1. (with wara) to follow persistently, to tail after

Conjugation

Conjugation of sies
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sist	sist	sies		sisna	sistu	siesu
	f			sieset
imperfect	m	nsus	ssus	jsus		nsusu	ssusu	jsusu
	f			ssus
imperative			sus				susu

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sies

1. passive form of si

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English chess.

Noun

sies m (uncountable, not mutable)

1. chess

Synonyms

• gwyddbwyll