wiis
North Frisian
editAlternative forms
edit- wees (Föhr-Amrum)
- weese (Mooring)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-, cognate with Old English wesan, West Frisian wêze.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwiis
Usage notes
edit- Wiis is the only verb whose first-person singular and plural present are distinct from the infinitive I.
Conjugation
editConjugation of wiis (Sylt dialect)
infinitive I | wiis | |
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infinitive II | (tö) wiisen | |
past participle | wesen | |
imperative | wiis | |
present | past | |
1st singular | sen | wiar |
2nd singular | best | wiarst |
3rd singular | es | wiar |
plural / dual | sen | wiar |
perfect | pluperfect | |
1st singular | sen wesen | wiar wesen |
2nd singular | best wesen | wiarst wesen |
3rd singular | es wesen | wiar wesen |
plural / dual | sen wesen | wiar wesen |
future (skel) | future (wel) | |
1st singular | skel wiis | wel wiis |
2nd singular | sket wiis | wet wiis |
3rd singular | skel wiis | wel wiis |
plural / dual | skel wiis | wel wiis |
Sudovian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow (of wind)”). Compare Lithuanian vė́jas (“wind”), Latvian vẽjš (“wind”).[1][2]
Noun
editwiiſ
- (weather) storm
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 132, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
See also
edit- winta (“wind”)
References
edit- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, , page 81: “wiiſ ‘audra, vėtra, l. burza’ 132.”
- ^ “vė́ti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. sm. wiiſ Sturm, Gewitter”.
West Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wīsaz.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editwiis
Inflection
editInflection of wiis | ||||
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uninflected | wiis | |||
inflected | wize | |||
comparative | wizer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | wiis | wizer | it wiist it wiiste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | wize | wizere | wiiste |
n. sing. | wiis | wizer | wiiste | |
plural | wize | wizere | wiiste | |
definite | wize | wizere | wiiste | |
partitive | wiis | wizers | — |
Further reading
edit- “wiis”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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- North Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- North Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- North Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- North Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- North Frisian lemmas
- North Frisian verbs
- Sylt North Frisian
- Sudovian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Sudovian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Sudovian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sudovian lemmas
- Sudovian nouns
- xsv:Weather
- Sudovian terms with quotations
- West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- West Frisian lemmas
- West Frisian adjectives