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jee

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jee"

English

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Verb

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jee (third-person singular simple present jees, present participle jeeing, simple past and past participle jeed)

  1. Alternative spelling of gee

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Contracted form of Jezus, used as a minced oath.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eː

Interjection

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jee

  1. an expression of surprise: gosh, golly, gee
    Synonyms: jeetjemina, jeetjemineetje, jemig, gossie, goh

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English yea, yeah, yay.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjeː/, [ˈje̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Syllabification(key): jee

Interjection

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jee (colloquial)

  1. yeah!, yay! (expressing joy)

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German io, eo.

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Adverb

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jee

  1. ever

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Manx

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish día.

Noun

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jee m (genitive singular jee, plural jeeaghyn or jeeghyn)

  1. god, deity, godhead
    Hug ad ooashley da ymmodee jeeghyn.
    They worshipped many gods.
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish di.

Pronoun

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jee

  1. third-person singular feminine of da

Etymology 3

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Pronoun

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jee

  1. Alternative form of j'ee

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
jee yee n'yee
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian jē, from Proto-West Germanic *jā. Cognates include West Frisian ja and German ja. Doublet of jä and je.

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Particle

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jee

  1. yes

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References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “jee”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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