FromAfrikaans.

sies

1. (South Africa) Expressing disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
   • 2008, William Higham,Nakada's Touch, page316:

     'Sies, man,' a voice said. 'You're adomkop. How you gonna see 'em?'

   • 2011, Niq Mhlongo,After Tears, page13:

     “Sies, man!” she said to herself. “Where are the men of this house? Is anybody home?”

sies

1. third-personsingularsimplepresentindicative ofsie

sies

1. plural ofsie

• sise,seis,Isse,-esis

FromLatinsex. Akin toSpanishseis.

sies

1. six

• sie's

• IPA^(key):/ziːs/
• Hyphenation:sies

sies

1. Contraction ofsiees.
   • 1843,Brothers Grimm, “Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich”, inKinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1‎^[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 daßsies nicht gerne that. Der Frosch ließ sichs gut schmecken, aber ihr blieb fast jedes Bißlein im Halse.

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• siis(Wiesemann spelling)

FromCentral Franconiansöß, fromMiddle High Germansüeze, fromOld High Germansuozi, fromProto-West Germanic*swōtī, fromProto-Germanic*swōtuz, fromProto-Indo-European*swéh₂dus.^[1]

• IPA^(key):/ˈsiːs/
• Rhymes:-iːs
• Syllabification:sies
• Homophone:Sies

sies (comparativesieser,superlativesiesest)

1. sweet
   • 2022 November,Naye Testamënt Tswaayxproochich [Bilingual New Testament], Barueri: Sociedade Bíblica do Brasil,→ISBN,Apokalipse 10:10:

     Tan hon ich tas pichelche kehool fom ëngel sayn hant un hon em kes, un in mayn munt waar tassiis wii hoonich. Awer, wan ich en xon uner kexlikt hat, is mayne maache sauer kep.

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FromLatinsex.

sies

1. six

sies m (uncountable)

1. six

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈsi.eːs/,[ˈs̠ieːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈsi.es/,[ˈsiːes]

siēs

1. (Old Latin orpoetic)second-personsingularpresentactivesubjunctive ofsum

• IPA^(key):/sɪːs/

FromArabicأَسَاس(ʔasās). CompareMoroccan Arabicساس(sās),Tunisian Arabicساس(ses).

sies m (pluralsisien)

1. foundation,basis

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

sies (imperfectjsus)

1. (withwara) tofollowpersistently, totail after

sies

1. passive form ofsi

Borrowed fromEnglishchess.

sies m (uncountable,not mutable)

1. chess

• gwyddbwyll