ys

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ys"

Translingual

Symbol

ys

2. (metrology) Symbol for yoctosecond, an SI unit of time equal to 10⁻²⁴ seconds.

English

Alternative forms

• y's

Noun

ys

1. plural of y

Usage notes

• Opinions vary regarding the use of apostrophes when forming the plurals of letters of the alphabet. New Fowler’s Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that “after letters an apostrophe is obligatory.” The 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.15, “To aid comprehension, lowercase letters form the plural with an apostrophe and an s”. The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

Anagrams

• SY, Sy, -sy

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ijs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ə̟i̯s]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ys (uncountable)

1. ice, frozen water
2. (slang, drugs) ice, methamphetamine

Derived terms

• ysie

Cornish

Penn ys (Zea mays)

Etymology

From Middle Cornish eys, from Old Cornish yd, from Proto-Brythonic *ɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸitu. Cognate with Breton ed, Irish ioth, and Welsh ŷd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪs/

Noun

ys (collective, singulative ysen f)

1. corn
2. barley, cereals, corn, wheat

   Synonym: greunvos

Coordinate terms

Cereals: greunvosedit

• barlys, heydh
• gwaneth
• hwegys, ys
• kergh
• myll
• ris
• spelt
• sugal

Derived terms

• askorrans ys (“cereal production”)
• hwegys, ys hweg (“maize, sweetcorn”)
• kylgh ys (“crop circle”)
• manal ys (“sheaf of corn”)
• penn ys (“ear of corn”)
• ys du (“buckwheat”)
• ys popp (“popcorn”)
• ys rudh (“cranberries”)
• ysek (“fruitful”)

Icelandic

Noun

ys m (genitive singular yss, no plural)

1. noise, din, racket

Declension

Declension of ys (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ys	ysinn
accusative	ys	ysinn
dative	ys, ysi	ysnum
genitive	yss	yssins

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

ys

1. alternative form of his (“his”)

Pronoun

ys

1. alternative form of his (“his”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ys

1. alternative form of his (“her”)

Etymology 3

Noun

ys

1. alternative form of is (“ice”)

Etymology 4

Verb

ys

1. alternative form of is (“is”)

Old English

Verb

ys

1. alternative form of is

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti, a form of *h₁es-; compare Old Irish is.

Verb

ys

1. (literary) impersonal present progressive of bod

Synonyms

• ydys

West Flemish

Noun

ys n

1. ice, frozen water