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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch biese, from Old Dutch *biesa, from Proto-West Germanic *beusu.
Pronunciation
Noun
bies f (plural biezen, diminutive biesje n)
- a bulrush, club-rush; any of various plants from the genera Scirpus, Schoenoplectus or Bolboschoenus, particularly Schoenoplectus
- piping (on a seam)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: bis
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East Central German
Etymology
Adjective
bies
- (Erzgebirgisch) evil, malicious
- (Erzgebirgisch) bad, naughty
- (Erzgebirgisch) angry
- Bisste bies?
- Are you angry?
Further reading
- Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 23
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Limburgish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch beeste, from beste, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.
Noun
bies f or n (plural bieste, diminutive bieske)
Usage notes
- Usage in the neuter gender is by conflation with etymology 2, and may be proscribed.
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch biese, from Old Dutch *biesa, from Proto-West Germanic *beusu.
Noun
bies n (plural bieze, diminutive bieske)
References
Maltese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
bies (imperfect jbus, past participle mibjus, verbal noun bews)
- to kiss
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Noun
bies m (plural bisien or bjies or ibies or ibsa)
- peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Synonym: bies prim
- Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo)
- Synonyms: bies sekond, falkett
- flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans)
- Synonyms: falkun, rondinella, garnaw, ħamiema, pixxi seqer
Derived terms
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Old Irish
Verb
bies
- alternative form of bias
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