mes
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch mes, from Middle Dutch mets, mes, contraction of *metses, from Old Dutch *metisas, *metsas, from Proto-Germanic *matisahsą (“food knife”), an early compound of *matiz (“food”) + *sahsą (“knife”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛs/
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *meTi, *meTśi-, from Proto-Indo-European *me-t/dhi (“with, middle”), ultimately from *medʰyo-. Cognate to Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌸 (miþ, “with”). It might represent a devoiced variant of mez. A loan from Modern Greek μέσος (mésos, “in the middle”) is not excluded.
Aragonese
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “mes”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Old Occitan mes, from Latin mensis (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”). Compare French mois, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais, Spanish mes, Aromanian mes.
See also
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch mets, mes, contraction of *metses, from Old Dutch *metisas, *metsas, from Proto-Germanic *matisahsą (“food knife”), an early compound of Proto-Germanic *matiz (“food”) + *sahsą (“knife”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mes
- Rhymes: -ɛs
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me/
audio (file)
Related terms
Possessee | ||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||
Masculine | Feminine | |||||
Possessor | Singular | First person | mon1 | ma | mes | |
Second person | ton1 | ta | tes | |||
Third person | son1 | sa | ses | |||
Plural | First person | notre | nos | |||
Second person | votre2 | vos2 | ||||
Third person | leur | leurs |
- 1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
Further reading
- “mes” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Gothic
Kalasha
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mes; compare Latvian mẽs, Old Prussian mes, Old Church Slavonic мꙑ (my); akin to Old Armenian մեք (mekʿ). This form in m replaced Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we”), probably after the 1st person plural verbal suffix -me. At the East-Baltic stage, the oblique forms were rebuilt by analogy with jūs. Compare the Old Prussian oblique forms nūsan, nūmans, and Old Church Slavonic насъ, намъ (nasŭ, namŭ), from *n̥s-, nos-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʲæːs/
Declension
See also
singular (vienaskaita) | dual (dviskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | reflexive (sangrąžiniai) | ||||||||||||||||
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1st person (pirmasis asmuo) |
2nd person (antrasis asmuo) |
3rd person (trečiasis asmuo) |
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||||||||||
m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | ||||||||||
nominative (vardininkas) |
àš | tù | jìs, jisaĩ |
jì, jinaĩ |
mùdu | mùdvi | jùdu | jùdvi | juõdu, jiẽdu |
jiẽdvi | mẽs | jū̃s | jiẽ | jõs | - | ||||
genitive (kilmininkas) |
manę̃s | tavę̃s | jõ | jõs | mùdviejų | jùdviejų | jų̃dviejų | mū́sų | jū́sų | jų̃ | savę̃s | ||||||||
dative (naudininkas) |
mán | táu | jám | jái | mùdviem | jùdviem | jõdviem | mùms | jùms | jíems | jóms | sáu | |||||||
accusative (galininkas) |
manè | tavè | jį̃ | ją̃ | mùdu | mùdvi | jùdu | jùdvi | juõdu | jiẽdvi | mùs | jùs | juõs | jàs | savè | ||||
instrumental (įnagininkas) |
manimì, manim̃ | tavimì, tavim̃ | juõ | jà | mùdviem | jùdviem | jõdviem | mumìs | jumìs | jaĩs | jomìs | savimì, savim̃ | |||||||
locative (vietininkas) |
manyjè, manỹ | tavyjè, tavỹ | jamè | jojè | mùdviese | jùdviese | jiẽdviese | mumysè | jumysè | juosè | josè | savyjè, savỹ | |||||||
possessive (savybiniai) |
màno | tàvo | jõ | jõs | mùdviejų | jùdviejų | jų̃dviejų | mū́sų | jū́sų | jų̃ | sàvo |
Occitan
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin mensis. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French mois.
References
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “mensis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 61, page 713
Old Prussian
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin mensis (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”). Compare Catalan mes, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mes/
- IPA(key): [me̞s]
- (Murcia, Eastern Andalusia) IPA(key): [mɛː]
- Hyphenation: mes
Related terms
Swedish
Noun
mes c
- a tit (latin name Parus), a small bird
- the metal frame of a backpack
- (colloquial, derogatory) a coward