pys
Middle English
Swedish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpyːs/
- Rhymes: -yːs
Noun
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- (somewhat derogatory) small and weak person, usually about young boys
- (somewhat derogatory, somewhat dated, in the definite "pysen") pal, buddy (as a term of address)
- Stick, pysen!
- Beat it, pal!
Declension
| Declension of pys | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | pys | pysen | pysar | pysarna |
| Genitive | pys | pysens | pysars | pysarnas |
References
Anagrams
Welsh
Pys
Etymology
From Middle Welsh pys, from Proto-Brythonic *pɨs, from Latin pisum (“pea”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /pɨːs/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /piːs/
- Rhymes: -ɨːs
- Homophone: pis (South Wales)
Derived terms
- corbys (“lentils”)
- ffacbys (“chickpeas”)
- gwycbys (“vetch”)
- merbys (“marrowfat peas”)
- pys ar llygad (“cataracts,sties”)
- pys brych (“partridge pea”)
- pys glas (“green peas”)
- pys gwyllt (“vetch”)
- pys gwyn (“white peas”)
- pys gwyrdd (“green peas”)
- pys hir (“kidney beans”)
- pys hollt (“split peas”)
- pys llwyd (“brown peas”)
- pys melyn (“lentils”)
- pys pêr (“sweetpeas”)
- pys poced (“conkers”)
- pys saethwr (“Japanese knotweed”)
- pys slwtsh (“mushy peas”)
- pys walbi (“sweetpeas”)
- pys y bedol (“horseshoe vetch”)
- pys y berth (“bush vetch”)
- pys y ceirw (“any of many flowering peas”)
- pys y coed (“white bryony”)
- pys y fwyall (“ax-fitch”)
- pys y garanod (“vetch”)
- pys y gath (“tufted vetch”)
- pys y llygod (“vetch”)
- pys y wyg (“vetch, tares”)
- pys yr aran (“vetch”)
- pys yr aren (“kidney vetch”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| pys | bys | mhys | phys |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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