different between saies vs sies

English

Verb

saies

1. Obsolete form of says.

Anagrams

• ESIAs, SISEA, Sesia

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. simple past tense and past participle of sie

Noun

sies

1. plural of sie

Anagrams

• -esis, seis, sise

German

Alternative forms

• sie's

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zi?s/
• Hyphenation: sies

Contraction

sies

1. Contraction of sie es.

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?s/

Adjective

sies

1. sweet

Derived terms

• Siesichkeet
• Sieskartoffel
• Siesransch

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin sex.

Adjective

sies

1. six

Noun

sies m (uncountable)

1. six

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??s/

Etymology 1

From Arabic ?????? (?as?s). The plural form by analogy with certain other monosyllabic nouns with the vowel -ie-, such as bieb or wied. Compare Moroccan Arabic ???? (s?s).

Noun

sies m (plural sisien)

1. foundation, basis

Etymology 2

From Arabic ????? (s?sa, “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

• The perfect tense is highly archaic and not part of contemporary standard Maltese. It is replaced with kien + imperfect.

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