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Sis

Sis

,
Noun.
A colloquial abbreviation of
Sister
.

Sis

,
Noun.
Six. See
Sise
.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


šis

šis

See also: sis, SIS, -sis, sís, šīs, and şiş

Latvian

Pronoun

šis (demonstrative, proximal) (distal: tas)

  1. (used as a determiner) this
    šis ūdens ir netīrsthis water is dirty
    šī izrāde bija ļoti interesantathis show was very interesting
    šai miglā es nekā neredzu! ― in this fog I don't (= can't) see anything!
  2. (used as a pronoun) this, this one
    šis ir zirgsthis is a horse
    šī ir vistathis is a chicken
    šis nekā neatbildējathis one (= person) answered nothing

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), šis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7