yis

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /jɪs/

yis (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of yes.

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /jiz/

yis

1. (Ireland, especially Dublin) Alternative form of yous

• Isy

Borrowed from English yeast.

• IPA^(key): /jîs/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [jɪ̂s]

yîs m

1. yeast

From Old English ġīse, ġēse; equivalent to Old English ġēa + sīe.

• IPA^(key): /jis/, /jɛs/, /-z/

yis

1. yes

• yes, yesse, yus, yhis, ȝis, ȝise, ȝisse, ȝes, ȝeis, ȝeisse, ȝeus, ȝus, ȝuse, ȝhis, ȝys, ȝyse, ȝysse, ȝeys, ȝeysse, ȝhys

yis

1. yes

• English: yes
• Middle Scots: ȝis, ȝes, ȝeis

• “yis, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “yis, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

yis (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of is (“ice”)

yis

1. (East Anglia) Alternative form of þes (“these”)

yis

1. (chiefly Northern, East Anglia) Alternative form of þis (“this”)

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yis m (Tifinagh spelling ⵢⵉⵙ, plural iysan or itšsan)

1. horse

   Synonym: akidar

From English yeast.

yis

1. yeast