feeks

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch feeks. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɪə̯ks/ === Noun === feeks (plural feekse) (derogatory) shrew, bitch (malicious or bad-tempered woman) == Dutch == === Alternative forms === (obsolete) feex === Etymology === Possibly borrowed from Rhine Franconian Fēks (“cunning, immoral woman”) and then reconstructed as Proto-Germanic *faihiso (“deceitful woman”), from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“hostile”). Cognate with West Frisian fekke, fikke. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feːks/ Hyphenation: feeks Rhymes: -eːks === Noun === feeks f (plural feeksen, diminutive feeksje n) (derogatory) shrew, bitch (malicious or bad-tempered woman) Synonyms: heks c, tang c, wijf n, helleveeg c, megera c, karonje c or n ==== Related terms ==== helleveeg c (“hag”) ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: feeks === References === === Further reading === “feeks” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language] Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “feeks”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001