iwis

名词 n. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. plural of iwi form-of,plural
副词 adv.
  1. Certainly, surely, indeed. archaic,not-comparable,poetic
    — Iwis, in all the Senate There was no heart so bold[…].

词形变化

iwys alternative ywis alternative y-wis alternative iwys alternative ywis alternative y-wis alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English iwis, iwys, ywis (“certain, sure”), from Old English ġewiss (“certain, sure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gawiss, from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz (“known, certain, sure”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”).
Cognate with Dutch gewis (“sure”), German gewiss (“certain”), Danish vis (“sure”). More at wit, wis.
词源 2
Plural formed with the suffix -s.
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