different between sies vs vies

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

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?z

Verb

vies

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vie

Anagrams

• Ives, Vise, vise, visé

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?vi.?s/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?bi.?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?vi.es/

Noun

vies

1. plural of via

Dutch

Etymology

From earlier vijs, of uncertain origin. Cognate with German fies.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -is
• IPA^(key): /vis/

Adjective

vies (comparative viezer, superlative meest vies or viest)

1. dirty (not clean)

   Synonym: smerig

2. bad-tasting

   Synonym: onsmakelijk

3. dirty, also in a sexual sense

   Synonym: vuil

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Papiamentu: fis

References

• M. Philippa (2003-2009) Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi/

Noun

vies f

1. plural of vie

Anagrams

• sévi, vise, visé

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?i.e?s/, [?u?ie?s?]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vi.es/, [?vi??s]

Verb

vi?s

1. second-person singular present active indicative of vie?