-issa

See also: issa, Issa, and issā

Catalan

Suffix

-issa f (plural isses)

1. feminine singular of -ís
2. forms nouns from other nouns

   ‎hortal (“walled garden”) + ‎-issa → ‎hortalissa (“vegetable”)

   ‎rave (“radish”) + ‎-issa → ‎ravenissa (“wild radish”)

3. forms nouns from past participles

   ‎mesclat (“jumbled”) + ‎-issa → ‎mescladissa (“hodgepodge”)

   ‎volat (“flown”) + ‎-issa → ‎voladissa (“flock”)

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -issa

Ingrian

Etymology

Suppletive:

• In most forms, from Proto-Finnic *-t'ak (*-de-) (reflexive verb suffix).
• Forms containing -s- (except in the past tense) are analogically leveled from the past tense.
• The third-person singular endings derive from the paradigm of -ita.

The lengthening of the initial -i- in many verbs is a generalisation of the verbs whose stem originally ended in -i.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-isːɑ/, [-is̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-isːɑ/, [-iʃːɑ]

Suffix

-issa (front vowel variant -issä)

1. Forms reflexive verbs.

   ‎näyttää (“to show”) + ‎-issa → ‎näyttiissä (“to appear”)

Conjugation

Verbs using this suffix belong to the laskiissa type, which see for an example.

Derived terms

Ingrian terms suffixed with -issa

References

• T. Lehtinen (1978), “Inkeroismurteiden refleksiivitaivutuksen kysymyksiä”, in Virittäjä, volume 82, issue 3

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.sa/, [ˈɪs̠ːä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.sa/, [ˈisːä]

Suffix

-issa f (genitive -issae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) Used to form feminine forms of masculine nouns.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-issa	-issae
Genitive	-issae	-issārum
Dative	-issae	-issīs
Accusative	-issam	-issās
Ablative	-issā	-issīs
Vocative	-issa	-issae

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -issa

• archimandritissa (from archimandrita)
• sacerdōtissa (from sacerdōs)

Descendants

• Aromanian: -easã
• Catalan: -essa
• Italian: -essa
• Old French: -esse
  • Middle French: -esse
    • French: -esse
  • Norman: -êsse
  • → Middle Dutch: -esse
    • Dutch: -es, -esse
  • → Middle English: -esse, -es, -ess, -asse, -as, -eyse, -eys, -eis, -isse, -ysse, -iss, -yss, -ys, -is
    • English: -ess
• Portuguese: -esa
• Romanian: -easă, -esă
• Sicilian: -issa
• Spanish: -esa
• → Albanian: -eshë
• → Proto-Brythonic: *-issā
  • Welsh: -es
  • Breton: -ez

Sicilian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -issa, or from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.sːa/ (Standard)

Suffix

-issa

1. (Noun agent suffix) Used to form gentle feminine forms of masculine nouns.

Derived terms

• prufissurissa (from prufissuri)
• dutturissa (from dutturi)