wiis

See also: -wiis, and 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

1. (Sylt) to be

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”).

Noun

wiiſ

1. (weather) storm
   • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 132, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):

     burza — wiiſ

     burza — storm

See also

• winta (“wind”)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīsaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːs/

Adjective

wiis

1. wise

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