Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
-isi-. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
-isi-, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
-isi- in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
-isi- you have here. The definition of the word
-isi- will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
-isi-, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-ici- (related to Karelian -si- and Veps -isi-), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-ńće-j, *-nśe-j; derived from the same ending as in -ita (stem -itse-), and probably also the diminutive ending -ise- (see *-inën) + the same ending as in -ia.
Interfix
-isi-
- Marker of conditional mood in verbs.
- voi (“he can”) + -isi- → voisi (“he could”)
- katson (“I watch”) + -isi- → katsoisin (“I would watch”)
Usage notes
Appended to the strong verbal stem; final e or i gets absorbed to i instead of forming a diphthong or long vowel, such as juokse- > juoksisi-, and in the case the stem ends in a diphthong, the initial vowel of such is mostly dropped like in past forms for such verbs, such as (indicative) present syön (“I eat”), past söin (“I ate”), conditional söisin (“I would eat”).
Anagrams