זיס

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German süezi, from Old High German suozi, from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus. Compare German süß. Cognates include Dutch zoet, English sweet, and Swedish söt.

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /zɪs/
• (Poylish, Netherlandic) IPA^(key): /ziːs/
• (Ukrainish) IPA^(key): /zis/

Adjective

זיס • (zis) (comparative זיסער (ziser), superlative זיסט (zist))

1. sweet
2. cute

Declension

Declension of זיס

predicative					זיס zis
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
		indefinite	definite	post./nom.
nominative	זיסער ziser	זיס zis	זיסע zise	זיס zis	זיסע zise	זיסע zise
accusative	זיסן zisn
dative			זיסן zisn		זיסער ziser

Synonyms

• (cute): שיין (sheyn), באַחנט (bakheynt), חנעוודיק (kheynevdik)

Derived terms

• באַזיסן (bazisn)
• פֿאַרזיסן (farzisn, “to sweeten”)
• זיסקײַט (ziskayt, “sweetness”)
• צוקער־זיס (tsuker-zis, “sugar-sweet”)
• זיסינקע (zisinke, “sweetie”)