mees

From Dutch mees.

mees (plural mese)

1. tit, chickadee

From Middle Dutch mêse, from Old Dutch *mēsa, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (“chickadee, titmouse”).

• IPA^(key): /meːs/

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• Hyphenation: mees
• Rhymes: -eːs

mees f (plural mezen, diminutive meesje n)

1. tit, bird of the family Paridae

• blauwmees
• buidelmees
• glanskopmees
• koolmees
• kuifmees
• matkopmees
• mezenkooi
• pimpelmees
• staartmees

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːs/, [ˈmeːs]

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• Rhymes: -eːs
• Hyphenation: mees

From Proto-Finnic *mees. Possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *mēgaz (earlier Proto-Finnic *meexes), compare Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs, “son-in-law”), Old English mǣġ (“relative”) and Old Norse mágr (“male relative”), although this proposal is questionable for phonetic reasons. Cognate with Finnish mies, Livonian mīez, Votic meez, Ingrian meez, Livvi mies, Ludian miez and Veps mez'.

mees (genitive mehe, partitive meest)

1. man (an adult male human)

   Kui palju on teie kolleegide hulgas mehi?

   How many of your colleagues are men?

   Synonyms: (emphasising their gender) meesterahvas, meesisik

   Hypernym: inimene

2. husband (a woman's spouse, consort or sexual partner)

   Tema endine mees on ohvitser.

   Her ex-husband/boyfriend is a military officer.

   Hypernym: abikaasa

3. (without specific reference to gender) human, person

   Tegin ausa mehe näo pähe.

   I put on the face of an honest person.

• (male human): meesterahvas, meesisik
• (human, person): inimene
• (husband): abielumees, naisemees

• (male human): naine
• (married man): poissmees
• (husband): naine, abielunaine

• (male human): inimene
• (husband): abikaasa

• naine

• poiss
• tüdruk

mees

1. inessive singular of mesi

• mees in Sõnaveeb
• mees in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

From Proto-Finnic *mees. Cognates include Finnish mies and Estonian mees.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːs/, [ˈmeːz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːs/, [ˈme̝ːʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -eːs
• Hyphenation: mees

mees

1. man
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 70:

     Mees oli viijenkymmenän voovven ikkäin.

     The man was fifty years old.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28:

     A teen äärees istuu mees adran pääl.

     And next to it a man sits on the hood of a plough.

2. husband

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈme.esːæ/, [ˈme̞.e̞s̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈme.es/, [ˈme̞.e̞ʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -e.esːæ, -e.es
• Hyphenation: me‧es

mees

1. inessive singular of mesi

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 308
• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 80

meēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of meō

mees

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of mear