jees

English

Verb

jees

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jee

Dutch

Interjection

jees

1. alternative form of jee

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English yes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjeːs/, [ˈje̞ːs̠]
• Rhymes: -eːs
• Syllabification^(key): jees
• Hyphenation^(key): jees

Adjective

jees (not comparable) (colloquial, indeclinable)

1. good, great, awesome, fun

   Ihan jees musaa!

   This music's pretty good!

Declension

• Not inflected.

Synonyms

• hyvä
• mahtava
• upea

Derived terms

compounds

• jees-mies

Further reading

• “jees”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeːs/, /ʒeːs/

Verb

jees

1. second-person singular present indicative of joen

Manx

Manx numbers ^(edit)

	20
[a], [b] ←  1	2	3  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: jees, ghaa     Ordinal: nah     Attributive: daa

Etymology

From Old Irish dïas. Cognate with Irish dís, dias and Scottish Gaelic dithis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiːs/

Noun

jees f (plural [please provide])

1. pair
2. couple

Synonyms

• piyr

Numeral

jees

1. two

Mutation

Mutation of jees

radical	lenition	eclipsis
jees	yees	n'yees

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Somali

Verb

jees

1. turn
2. notice