-ις in All languages combined

IPA: /is/, /is/, /is/, /is/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /is/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /is/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /is/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /is/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Uncertain, but compare Latin -idus (forming adjectives). Furnée and Beekes also consider it a common Pre-Greek suffix, related to -ιτ- (-it-), -ινδ- (-ind-) and -ινθ- (-inth-). Etymology templates: {{unc|grc}} Uncertain, {{cog|la|-idus|pos=forming adjectives}} Latin -idus (forming adjectives), {{der|grc|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|-ῐς|-ῐδος|f|third}} -ῐς • (-ĭs) f (genitive -ῐδος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|-ῐς|-ῐδος}} Forms: -ῐς [canonical], -ĭs [romanization], -ῐδος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], -ῐς [nominative, singular], -ῐδε [dual, nominative], -ῐδες [nominative, plural], -ῐδος [genitive, singular], -ῐδοιν [dual, genitive], -ῐδων [genitive, plural], -ῐδῐ [dative, singular], -ῐδοιν [dative, dual], -ῐσῐ [dative, plural], -ῐσῐν [dative, plural], -ĭsĭ [dative, plural], -ĭsĭn [dative, plural], -ῐδᾰ [accusative, singular], -ῐδε [accusative, dual], -ῐδᾰς [accusative, plural], -ῐς [singular, vocative], -ῐδε [dual, vocative], -ῐδες [plural, vocative]

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"-ις" meaning in All languages combined

Suffix [Ancient Greek]