"νήσσα" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ˈni.sa/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νῆσσα (nêssa), Ionic form of νῆττα (nêtta). Etymology templates: {{lbor|el|grc|νῆσσα}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νῆσσα (nêssa) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|νήσσες|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} νήσσα • (níssa) f (plural νήσσες), {{el-noun|f|νήσσες}} νήσσα • (níssa) f (plural νήσσες) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|νήσσα|νήσσες|νήσσας|νησσών|νήσσα|νήσσες|νήσσα|νήσσες|note=}} Forms: níssa [romanization], νήσσες [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], νήσσα [nominative, singular], νήσσες [nominative, plural], νήσσας [genitive, singular], νησσών [genitive, plural], νήσσα [accusative, singular], νήσσες [accusative, plural], νήσσα [singular, vocative], νήσσες [plural, vocative]
  1. (humorous, Katharevousa) synonym of the modern πάπια (pápia, “duck”) Wikipedia link: el:νήσσα Tags: Katharevousa, humorous Synonyms: the modern πάπια [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: νησσίδες (nissídes)
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