iets

From Dutch iets.

• IPA^(key): /its/

iets

1. something

From Middle Dutch iet, from Middle Dutch iewet, a contraction of Old Dutch iowiht. The Middle Dutch word is formed out of the articles Old Dutch ie- meaning 'anything', and a second article corresponding with Middle Dutch wicht, 'creature', of which its original meaning likely has been 'thing'. Cognate with Limburgish get, Central Franconian jet, English aught.

In the word, the suffix -s has been shaped under influence of the older Old Dutch niets wherein -s is the ending of an old partitive genitive.

• Rhymes: -its
• IPA^(key): /its/

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iets

1. something

   Mag het iets meer zijn? : May it be something more?

   Mag het iets minder zijn? : May it be something less?

2. anything

   Anders nog iets? : Anything else? (literally: anything other still?)

• ietsje

iets

1. somewhat

• eist

iets (def. ietais)

1. gone; indefinite past passive participle of iet 

   ar mazo spēkstaciju atbalstu ir iets par tālu ― as for (lit. with) the support for small power plants (it) is gone too far

   atceries kādreiz takas, kas ietas ― remember sometime the paths that were gone (= gone by, traveled)