-iš

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Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-iš

  1. (Old Babylonian) Combined with an infinitive, it denotes purpose, and corresponds to the preposition 𒀀𒈾 (ana) plus infinitive. It only occurs in Old Babylonian literary texts.
    𒉡𒊌𒆪𒊏𒀜 𒀀𒈠𒊑𒅖 𒉺𒀠𒄩𒀜
    [nukkurat amāriš palḫat]
    nu-uk-ku-ra-at a-ma-ri-iš pa-al-ḫa-at
    She is strange to look at, she's fearsome.
  2. Suffix used to derive adverbs from adjectives.

Derived terms

Akkadian terms suffixed with -iš

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • Does not take stress.

Suffix

-iš (Cyrillic spelling -иш)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually a colloquial one.
    kȗrva (“whore”) + -iš → kùrvīš (“fuckboy”; Croatian, vulgar, colloquial)
    matemàtika (“mathematics”) + -iš → màtiš (“maths”; Serbian, colloquial)
    ‎sentimȅnt (“sentiment”) + ‎-iš → ‎sèntīš (“slow-dance song”)
    ‎sìtan (“tiny”) + ‎-iš → ‎sìtnīš (“coins”)
    ‎slȁdak (“sweet”) + ‎-iš → ‎slàtkīš (“sweet”)
    Kalemègdān + -iš → Kàliš (fortress in Belgrade, Serbia)
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