sijs

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch siseken, borrowed from Middle Low German sisek, from a Slavic language such as Czech číž. Cognate to English siskin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛi̯s/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sijs
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯s

Noun

sijs m (plural sijzen, diminutive sijsje n)

  1. a siskin, any member of the genus Spinus, or a closely-related small cardueline songbird
  2. (particularly) the Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus as a species or any member thereof

Derived terms

Further reading

Finnish

Noun

sijs

  1. obsolete spelling of siis

Spanish

Noun

sijs m pl or f pl

  1. plural of sij
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