sies

From Afrikaans.

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?”

sies

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sie

sies

1. plural of sie

• -esis, seis, sise

Akin to Spanish seis, from Latin sex.

sies

1. six

• sie's

• IPA^(key): /ziːs/
• Hyphenation: sies

sies

1. Contraction of sie es.
   • 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1‎, 5th edition, page 4:

     Als der Frosch auf den Stuhl gekommen war, sprach er „nun schieb mir dein goldenes Tellerlein näher, damit wir zusammen essen.“ Das that sie nun, aber man sah wohl daß sies nicht gerne that. Der Frosch ließ sichs gut schmecken, aber ihr blieb fast jedes Bißlein im Halse.

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• IPA^(key): /siːs/

sies

1. sweet

• Siesichkeet
• Sieskartoffel
• Siesransch

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Latin sex.

sies

1. six

sies m (uncountable)

1. six

• IPA^(key): /sɪːs/

From Arabic أَسَاس (ʔasās). Compare Moroccan Arabic ساس (sās), Tunisian Arabic ساس (ses).

sies m (plural sisien)

1. foundation, basis

From Arabic سَاسَ (sāsa, “to lead, direct”) with semantic shift from leading to being led.

sies (imperfect jsus)

1. (with wara) to follow persistently, to tail after

sies

1. passive form of si

Borrowed from English chess.

sies m (uncountable, not mutable)

1. chess

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