ies
English edit
Noun edit
ies
- (rare) plural of i, the name of the letter I.
- 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:
- These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
- 1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Esses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone
- to say (full of ees, ies, ues) that plurals are always two or more
Anagrams edit
Aromanian edit
Verb edit
ies first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative iasi or iase, past participle ishitã)
- Alternative form of es
Crimean Gothic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *iz. Cognate with Gothic 𐌹𐍃 (is), German er.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
ies
- he
- 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter:
- Ies Varthata. Ille fecit.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References edit
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) + -es (correlative suffix of genitives).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Pronoun edit
ies (plural ies, accusative singular ies, accusative plural ies)
- someone's (indeterminate correlative of genitives)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Interrogative | Demonstrative | Indefinite | Universal | Negative | ||
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ki- | ti- | i- | ĉi- | neni- | ||
Kind of, sort of | -a | kia | tia | ia | ĉia | nenia |
Reason | -al | kial | tial | ial | ĉial | nenial |
Time | -am | kiam | tiam | iam | ĉiam | neniam |
Place | -e | kie | tie | ie | ĉie | nenie |
Motion | -en | kien | tien | ien | ĉien | nenien |
Manner | -el | kiel | tiel | iel | ĉiel | neniel |
Possessive | -es | kies | ties | ies | ĉies | nenies |
Demonstrative pronoun | -o | kio | tio | io | ĉio | nenio |
Amount | -om | kiom | tiom | iom | ĉiom | neniom |
Demonstrative determiner | -u | kiu | tiu | iu | ĉiu | neniu |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *iges, borrowed from Proto-Slavic *jьgo (gen. *jьga, *jьžese; compare Old East Slavic иго (igo), gen. ига (iga), *ижесе (*ižese)), from earlier *jъgo (gen. *jъga, *jъgese), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *juga-, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈie̯s/, [ˈie̞̯s̠]
- IPA(key): /ˈi.es/, [ˈi.e̞s̠]
- Rhymes: -ies
- Syllabification(key): ies, i‧es
Noun edit
ies
- yoke
- Synonyms: (for people) korento, niskakorento, ämmänlänki
- (figuratively) yoke, restraint, burden, load; repression, slavery, oppression, persecution, tyranny
- Synonyms: sorto, orjuus
- ikeen alla ― under the yoke
- 2006 [1742], David Hume, translated by Juha Koivisto, Esseitä, →ISBN, Taitojen ja tieteiden kehityksestä ja synnystä [Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences]:
- Mutta kamppailtuaan aikansa tämän ieksen poistamiseksi ihmiskunta on palannut lähes aiempaan tilanteeseen; Eurooppa on nykyään rakenteeltaan kuin suurennettu kopio Kreikasta.
- But mankind, having at length thrown off this yoke, affairs are now returned nearly to the same situation as before, and Europe is at present a copy at large, of what Greece was formerly a pattern in miniature.
Declension edit
Inflection of ies (Kotus type 41*D/vieras, k-∅ gradation) | ||||
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nominative | ies | ikeet | ||
genitive | ikeen | ikeiden ikeitten | ||
partitive | iestä | ikeitä | ||
illative | ikeeseen | ikeisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ies | ikeet | ||
accusative | nom. | ies | ikeet | |
gen. | ikeen | |||
genitive | ikeen | ikeiden ikeitten iestenrare | ||
partitive | iestä | ikeitä | ||
inessive | ikeessä | ikeissä | ||
elative | ikeestä | ikeistä | ||
illative | ikeeseen | ikeisiin ikeihinrare | ||
adessive | ikeellä | ikeillä | ||
ablative | ikeeltä | ikeiltä | ||
allative | ikeelle | ikeille | ||
essive | ikeenä | ikeinä | ||
translative | ikeeksi | ikeiksi | ||
abessive | ikeettä | ikeittä | ||
instructive | — | ikein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Colloquial, uncommon:
Inflection of ies (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | ies | iekset | ||
genitive | ieksen | iesten ieksien | ||
partitive | iestä | ieksiä | ||
illative | iekseen | ieksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ies | iekset | ||
accusative | nom. | ies | iekset | |
gen. | ieksen | |||
genitive | ieksen | iesten ieksien | ||
partitive | iestä | ieksiä | ||
inessive | ieksessä | ieksissä | ||
elative | ieksestä | ieksistä | ||
illative | iekseen | ieksiin | ||
adessive | ieksellä | ieksillä | ||
ablative | iekseltä | ieksiltä | ||
allative | iekselle | ieksille | ||
essive | ieksenä | ieksinä | ||
translative | iekseksi | ieksiksi | ||
abessive | ieksettä | ieksittä | ||
instructive | — | ieksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “иго”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Further reading edit
- “ies”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams edit
Latvian edit
Verb edit
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Old French edit
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ies
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
ies
- inflection of ieși:
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ossum, popular variant of os.
Noun edit
ies m
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian ēs, from Proto-Germanic *ēsą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ies c (plural iezen)