-ισσα

See also: ἴσσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely from -ης (-ēs). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /is.sa/ → /is.sa/ → /i.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /is.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /is.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /is.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /is.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.sa/

Noun

-ῐσσᾰ • (-issa) f (genitive -ῐ́σσης); first declension

1. femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension

   ‎στῡλῑ́της (stūlī́tēs) + ‎-ισσα (-issa) → ‎στῡλῑ́τῐσσᾰ f (stūlī́tissa)

Declension

First declension of -ῐσσᾰ; -ῐσσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ῐσσᾰ -issa	-ῐσσᾱ -issā	-ῐσσαι -issai
Genitive	-ῐσσης -issēs	-ῐσσαιν -issain	-ῐσσῶν -issôn
Dative	-ῐσσῃ -issēi	-ῐσσαιν -issain	-ῐσσαις -issais
Accusative	-ῐσσᾰν -issan	-ῐσσᾱ -issā	-ῐσσᾱς -issās
Vocative	-ῐσσᾰ -issa	-ῐσσᾱ -issā	-ῐσσαι -issai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ισσα

Descendants

• Greek: -ισσα (-issa)
• Latin: -issa
  • 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

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa).

Suffix

-ισσα • (-issa) f

1. feminises masculine nouns ending in -ας, -ης, -ος, etc.

   ‎βασιλιάς m (vasiliás, “king”) + ‎-ισσα (-issa) → ‎βασίλισσα f (vasílissa, “queen”)

   ‎μάγειρας m (mágeiras, “cook”) + ‎-ισσα (-issa) → ‎μαγείρισσα f (mageírissa, “cook”)

Declension

Declension of -ισσα

	singular	plural
nominative	-ισσα •	-ισσες •
genitive	-ισσας •	-ισσών •
accusative	-ισσα •	-ισσες •
vocative	-ισσα •	-ισσες •

Derived terms

Greek terms suffixed with -ισσα