veis

Estonian

Etymology

A Finno-Mordvinic derivation from the same root as in vedama. Cognate to Finnish vedus (“draught animal”), Erzya ведрекш (vedŕekš), ведяка (veďaka, “calf, heifer”), and Moksha ведраж (vedraž, “heifer”).

Noun

veis (genitive veise, partitive veist)

1. male cattle; bull, ox

Declension

Declension of veis (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		veis	veised
accusative	nom.
	gen.	veise
genitive			veiste
partitive		veist	veiseid
illative		veisesse	veistesse veiseisse
inessive		veises	veistes veiseis
elative		veisest	veistest veiseist
allative		veisele	veistele veiseile
adessive		veisel	veistel veiseil
ablative		veiselt	veistelt veiseilt
translative		veiseks	veisteks veiseiks
terminative		veiseni	veisteni
essive		veisena	veistena
abessive		veiseta	veisteta
comitative		veisega	veistega

Franco-Provençal

Noun

veis (Bressan, Dauphinois, Lyonnais)

1. Archaic form of vês (“time, instance”).

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vĭces”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 410

Latin

Verb

veis

1. Alternative form of vīs

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veicci.

Noun

veis

1. knife

Declension

Declension of veis (108)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	veis	vēšõd
genitive (genitīv)	veis	vēšõd
partitive (partitīv)	veisõ	vēšidi
dative (datīv)	veisõn	vēšõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	veisõks	vēšõdõks
illative (illatīv)	veisõ	vēšiz
inessive (inesīv)	veisõs	vēšis
elative (elatīv)	veisõst	vēšist

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeis/ [ˈbei̯s]
• Rhymes: -eis
• Syllabification: veis

Verb

veis

1. second-person plural present indicative of ver