biss

biss m (plural bissar)

1. (Mezzaselva) alternative form of viss

From Latin bāsium.

biss m

1. kiss

• bissur

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• Rhymes: -ɪs

biss

1. first/third-person singular preterite of beißen

• bass (obsolete)

From dialectal Arabic بَسّ (bass, “only”, as an interjection also “enough!”), in all likelihood from Persian بس (bas, “enough”), from Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/).

• IPA^(key): /bɪs/

biss

1. only

   Jikteb mhux biss poeżiji, iżda wkoll għanjiet.

   He doesn’t only write poems, but also songs.

   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     “Jgħidilhom dwar Doris?!” sploda s-Surmast. “Niftaħlu rasu ktieb! Dan mnejn safejn ixandar l-affarijiet privati tiegħi?! Intom għidtuli li se jitkellem biss dwar il-kotba tiegħu!”

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   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 31:28:

     Lanqas ħallejtni biss inbus is-subien u l-bniet tiegħi. Imxejt tassew ta’ iblah!

     New International Version translation: You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.

   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pjazza”, in Fl-Arena:

     Kulħadd jimxi, kollox lajma,
     jirkeb biss xi sinjur kbir:
     bini l-għatx u tawni nixrob
     minn ġos-satal fuq il-bir.
     

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2. but, on condition that

biss n

1. B sharp; the tone B♯

• bess