Old English · adjective
cies
Normalised ċīes
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /t͡ʃi͜yːs/
- Syllables
- t͡ʃi͜yːs (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- choosydaintyfussyeating
Meaning
-
choosy; dainty or fussy (in eating)
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ċīes | ċīes | ċīes |
| Accusative | ċīesne | ċīese | ċīes |
| Genitive | ċīeses | ċīesre | ċīeses |
| Dative | ċīesum | ċīesre | ċīesum |
| Instrumental | ċīese | ċīesre | ċīese |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ċīese | ċīesaċīese | ċīes |
| Accusative | ċīese | ċīesaċīese | ċīes |
| Genitive | ċīesra | ċīesra | ċīesra |
| Dative | ċīesum | ċīesum | ċīesum |
| Instrumental | ċīesum | ċīesum | ċīesum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ċīesa | ċīese | ċīese |
| Accusative | ċīesan | ċīesan | ċīese |
| Genitive | ċīesan | ċīesan | ċīesan |
| Dative | ċīesan | ċīesan | ċīesan |
| Instrumental | ċīesan | ċīesan | ċīesan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ċīesan | ċīesan | ċīesan |
| Accusative | ċīesan | ċīesan | ċīesan |
| Genitive | ċīesraċīesena | ċīesraċīesena | ċīesraċīesena |
| Dative | ċīesum | ċīesum | ċīesum |
| Instrumental | ċīesum | ċīesum | ċīesum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
Apparently from Proto-West Germanic *kiusi (compare *keusan).
Descendants
choice
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