-ισσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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

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

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Descendants

Latin: -issa
- Aromanian: -easã
- Proto-Brythonic: *-issā
  - Welsh: -es
  - Breton: -ez
- Italian: -essa
- Middle French: -esse
  - French: -esse
  - Middle English: -esse
    - English: -ess
- Norman: -êsse
- Portuguese: -esa
- Romanian: -easă, -esă
- Spanish: -esa
Greek: -ισσα (-issa)

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

declension of -ισσα

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

Derived terms

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