Wees vs Gees - What's the difference?
wees | gees |
(wee)
(Scotland, Northern Ireland, North England, NZ) Small, little.
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 73:
(colloquial, uncountable) urine
(colloquial) An act of urination.
(colloquial) To urinate.
Die meervoud van "gee" is nie "gees" nie, omdat "gee" n werkwoord is en as sulks nie n meervoud kan hê nie in Afrikaans.
Die meervoud van die selfstandige naamwoord, "gees", is "geeste".
The plural form of "gee" in afrikaans does not rexist, because "gee" is a verb and as such cannot have a plural form - not in Afrikaans.
The noun "gees" means "spirit" in Afrikaans and the plural form of "gees" is "geeste".
(gee)
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As verbs the difference between wees and gees
is that wees is (wee) while gees is (gee).As a noun gees is
.wees
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* ----wee
English
(wikipedia wee)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (15c).Adjective
(er)- I had not seen a wee' boy do it like that before. He was ' weer than me and his swimming was just like splashing about.
- You looked a little cold so I lit a wee fire.
References
* Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)Etymology 2
UnknownNoun
(-)- to have a wee