ies

Noun

ies

1. (rare) plural of i, the name of the letter I.

Anagrams

• -ise, EIS, EIs, ESI, I'se, sei, sie

Verb

ies (third-person singular present indicative iasi/iase, past participle ishitã)

1. Alternative form of es

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *iz. Cognate with Gothic 𐌹𐍃 (is), German er.

Pronoun

ies

1. he
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Ies Varthata. Ille fecit.

Etymology

From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) +‎ -es (correlative suffix of genitives).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

ies (plural ies, accusative singular ies, accusative plural ies)

1. someone's (indeterminate correlative of genitives)

Etymology

From earlier *ikes, borrowed from Old East Slavic иго (igo) (gen. ига (iga), *ижесе (*ižese)), from Proto-Slavic *jьgo (gen. *jьga, *jьžese), from earlier *jъgo (gen. *jъga, *jъgese), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *juga-, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. Compare igo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈie̯s/
• Rhymes: -ies
• Hyphenation: ies

Noun

ies

1. Yoke.
2. (figuratively) Yoke, restraint, burden, load; repression, slavery, oppression, persecution, tyranny.

   ikeen alla = under the yoke

Anagrams

• eis, esi-, sei, sie

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “иго”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress

Verb

ies

1. 3rd person singular future indicative form of iet
2. 3rd person plural future indicative form of iet

Verb

ies

1. second-person singular imperfect indicative of estre

Verb

ies

1. first-person singular present indicative of ieși.
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of ieși.
3. third-person plural present indicative of ieși.

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) oss
• (Surmiran) òss
• (Puter, Vallader) öss

Etymology

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os.

Noun

ies m

1. (Sursilvan) bone