-ισσα
See also: ἴσσα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Extracted from feminine derivations in -ια (-ia) of demonyms in -ικ- (with palatalisation), like Κίλισσα (Kílissa) from Κίλιξ (Kílix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /is.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /is.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /is.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /is.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.sa/
Noun
-ῐσσᾰ • (-issa) f (genitive -ῐ́σσης); first declension
- femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension
- στῡλῑ́της (stūlī́tēs) + -ισσα (-issa) → στῡλῑ́τῐσσᾰ f (stūlī́tissa)
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ισσα
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa).
Suffix
-ισσα • (-issa) f
- 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
Derived terms
Greek terms suffixed with -ισσα
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