# bies
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch biese, from Old Dutch *biesa, from Proto-West Germanic *beusu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bis/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bies
* Rhymes: -is

### Noun

bies f (plural biezen, diminutive biesje n)
* a bulrush, club-rush; any of various plants from the genera Scirpus, Schoenoplectus or Bolboschoenus, particularly Schoenoplectus
* piping (on a seam)

#### Derived terms

* biesachtig
* biesband
* biesbos
* bieskorf
* bieslint
* bieslook
* biestarwe
* biezen
* bosbies
* zeebies
* zijn biezen pakken

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: bis

## East Central German
### Etymology

Compare German böse.

### Adjective

bies
* (Erzgebirgisch) evil, malicious
* (Erzgebirgisch) bad, naughty
* (Erzgebirgisch) angry
    Bisste bies?Are you angry?

### Further reading

* 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 23:

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɪːs/

### Etymology 1

* Root
* b-w-s
* 6 terms
From Arabic بَاسَ (bāsa).

#### Verb

bies (imperfect jbus, past participle mibjus, verbal noun bews)
* to kiss

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic بَاز (bāz).

#### Noun

bies m (plural bisien or bjies or ibies or ibsa)
* peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
    Synonym: bies prim
* Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo)
    Synonyms: bies sekond, falkett
* flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans)
    Synonyms: falkun, rondinella, garnaw, ħamiema, pixxi seqer

##### Derived terms

* bies prim
* bies sekond
* bies tad-deżert (bies rari, bies rasu qastnija)
* bies tal-ħamiem
* bies tal-Lvant
* bies tar-reġina
* bies ta’ Barbarija (bies tal-barr)

## Old Irish
### Verb

bies
* Alternative form of bias

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bies, from Old Ruthenian бѣсъ (běs), from Proto-Slavic *bě̑sъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *baiˀsás (“someone frightening”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyh₂-dʰh₁-so-s, from the root *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”). Compare Lithuanian baĩsas.
Expected native form *bias is attested in toponym Biasowice.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbjɛs/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛs
* Syllabification: bies

### Noun

bies m animal (augmentative biesisko)
* devil, demon, evil spirit
    Synonyms: czart, czort, diabeł, kaduk, licho

#### Related terms

* biesowski
* biesić

### References

* ↑ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “bies”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 28

### Further reading

* bies in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bies in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “bies”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

bies n (Cyrillic spelling биес)
* Obsolete spelling of bijes.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French biais.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbjes/ [ˈbjes]
* Rhymes: -es
* Syllabification: bies

### Noun

bies m (plural bieses)
* (textiles) bias

#### Derived terms

* al bies

### Further reading

* “bies”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10