weze

See also: wêze, węzę, and węże

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːzə

Verb

weze

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of wijzen

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French oisel, from Late Latin aucellus m (little bird), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (bird), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.

Noun

weze m

  1. (Sark) bird

Saterland Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian wesa, from Proto-West Germanic *wesan. Cognates include West Frisian wêze and Dutch wezen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈveːsə/
  • Hyphenation: we‧ze
  • Rhymes: -eːsə

Verb

weze

  1. (copulative) to be
  2. (auxiliary) Used to form the present continuous, together with a present participle.
  3. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.
  4. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle.
    • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:22:
      Dut aal is geskäin, dät dät uutkume skuul, wät die Here truch dän Profeet kweden häd;
      This all has happened, so that it would come true, what the Lord through the profet has said.

Conjugation

Conjugation of weze (irregular)
grúundfoarme weze
infinitive tou wezen
present past
singular iek bän waas
du bääst wierst
hie/ju/dät is waas
plural sunt wieren
imperative
singular wäs
plural wezet
present past
participle wezend wezen, weden, ween
auxiliary verb weze, häbe

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “weze”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN