sijs
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch siseken, borrowed from Middle Low German sisek, from a Slavic language such as Czech číž. Cognate to English siskin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsijs m (plural sijzen, diminutive sijsje n)
- A siskin, any member of the genus Spinus, or a closely-related small cardueline songbird.
- (particularly) The Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus as a species or any member thereof.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- sijs on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
- Spinus on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Finnish
editNoun
editsijs
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