Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Eis (Moselle Franconian)

Noun

Ies n ‎(plural Ies, diminutive Iesje)

1. (Ripuarian) ice
2. (Ripuarian) ice cream

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German îs, from Old Saxon īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Compare Dutch ijs, West Frisian iis, German Eis, English ice, Danish is.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is/

Noun

Ies n (no plural)

1. ice
2. ice cream

Derived terms

See also

• Jökel
• Snee
• Water
• Woter

References

• Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, ISBN 978-3-529-03000-0, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

Saterland Frisian

Alternative forms

• Íes

Etymology

From Old Frisian īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą. More at ice.

Noun

Ies n

1. ice

English

Noun

ies

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

Aromanian

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of es

Crimean Gothic

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.

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

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

1. someone's (indeterminate correlative of genitives)

Derived terms

• ies ajn ‎(“anyone's”)
• iesaĵo ‎(“property, s.t. belonging to s.o.”)

Finnish

Etymology

From earlier *ikes, borrowed from a Slavic language, 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

Declension

Synonyms

• (yoke, restraint, burden, load): taakka, kuorma, pakko
• (oppression, persecution, repression, slavery, tyranny): sorto, orjuus

Anagrams

• sei, sie

Latvian

Verb

ies

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

Old French

Verb

ies

1. second-person singular imperfect indicative of estre

Romanian

Verb

ies

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

Romansch

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