-ισσα

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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

 

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:

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ισσα

Descendants

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
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