wiis
North Frisian
Alternative forms
- wees (Föhr-Amrum)
- weese (Mooring)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-, cognate with Old English wesan, West Frisian wêze.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viːs/
Verb
wiis
Usage notes
- Wiis is the only verb whose first-person singular and plural present are distinct from the infinitive I.
Conjugation
Conjugation of wiis (Sylt dialect)
| infinitive I | wiis | |
|---|---|---|
| infinitive II | (tö) wiisen | |
| past participle | wesen | |
| imperative | wiis | |
| present | past | |
| 1st singular | sen | wiar |
| 2nd singular | best | wiarst |
| 3rd singular | es | wiar |
| plural / dual | sen | wiar |
| perfect | pluperfect | |
| 1st singular | sen wesen | wiar wesen |
| 2nd singular | best wesen | wiarst wesen |
| 3rd singular | es wesen | wiar wesen |
| plural / dual | sen wesen | wiar wesen |
| future (skel) | future (wel) | |
| 1st singular | skel wiis | wel wiis |
| 2nd singular | sket wiis | wet wiis |
| 3rd singular | skel wiis | wel wiis |
| plural / dual | skel wiis | wel wiis |
Sudovian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow (of wind)”). Compare Lithuanian vė́jas (“wind”), Latvian vẽjš (“wind”).[1][2]
Noun
wiiſ
- (weather) storm
See also
- winta (“wind”)
References
- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, , page 81: “wiiſ ‘audra, vėtra, l. burza’ 132.”
- ^ “vė́ti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. sm. wiiſ Sturm, Gewitter”.
West Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wīsaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viːs/
Adjective
wiis
Inflection
| Inflection of wiis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | wiis | |||
| inflected | wize | |||
| comparative | wizer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | wiis | wizer | it wiist it wiiste | |
| indefinite | c. sing. | wize | wizere | wiiste |
| n. sing. | wiis | wizer | wiiste | |
| plural | wize | wizere | wiiste | |
| definite | wize | wizere | wiiste | |
| partitive | wiis | wizers | — | |
Further reading
- “wiis”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011