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Cimbrian
[edit]Noun
[edit]biss m (plural bissar)
- (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of viss
Dalmatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]biss m
Related terms
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[edit]Verb
[edit]biss
Maltese
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dialectal Arabic بَسّ (bass, “only”, as an interjection also “enough!”), in all likelihood from Persian بس (bas, “enough”), from Middle Persian ws (/was/).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]biss
- only
- Jikteb mhux biss poeżiji, iżda wkoll għanjiet.
- He doesn’t only write poems, but also songs.
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 31:28:
- Lanqas ħallejtni biss inbus is-subien u l-bniet tiegħi. Imxejt tassew ta’ iblah!
- New International Version translation: You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.
- but, on condition that
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- Cimbrian lemmas
- Cimbrian nouns
- Cimbrian masculine nouns
- Sette Comuni Cimbrian
- Dalmatian terms inherited from Latin
- Dalmatian terms derived from Latin
- Dalmatian lemmas
- Dalmatian nouns
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- German terms with audio links
- Rhymes:German/ɪs
- Rhymes:German/ɪs/1 syllable
- German non-lemma forms
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- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
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- Maltese terms derived from Persian
- Maltese terms derived from Middle Persian
- Maltese 1-syllable words
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