kiesa

See also: kiesą

Afrikaans

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.sa/

Verb

kiesa (present kiesa, present participle kiesaende, past participle gekiesa)

1. (rare) to drizzle, to rain lightly in fine droplets

   Synonyms: misreën, motreën, sifreën

   • 2018 September 7, Jana Luther, “Jaloersbuie tot komloertjie en dambrekerbuie”, in Beeld:

     Sifreën aan die ander kant, val aanhoudend. Soms kiesa, of kwietsja, dit dae aaneen.

     Mist rain, on the other hand, falls continuously. Sometimes it drizzles, or mizzles, for days on end.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Persian کیسه (kise)bor.

Ottoman Turkish كیسه (kise, kese)bor.

Polish kiesa

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیسه (kise, kese), borrowed from Persian کیسه (kise).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjɛ.sa/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Syllabification: kie‧sa

Noun

kiesa f (diminutive kieska)

1. (obsolete) pouch

   Synonyms: kabza, mieszek, sakiewka

2. (figurative, literary) assets, capital

   Synonyms: kapitał, majątek, trzos

Declension

Declension of kiesa

	singular	plural
nominative	kiesa	kiesy
genitive	kiesy	kies
dative	kiesie	kiesom
accusative	kiesę	kiesy
instrumental	kiesą	kiesami
locative	kiesie	kiesach
vocative	kieso	kiesy

Related terms

noun

• kieszeń

Further reading

• “kiesa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kiesa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)