"-issa" meaning in Latin

See -issa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /is.sa/ [Classical-Latin], [ɪs̠ːä] [Classical-Latin], /is.sa/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [isːä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|-ισσα}} Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-issa<1>}} Forms: -issae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -issa [nominative, singular], -issae [nominative, plural], -issae [genitive, singular], -issārum [genitive, plural], -issae [dative, singular], -issīs [dative, plural], -issam [accusative, singular], -issās [accusative, plural], -issā [ablative, singular], -issīs [ablative, plural], -issa [singular, vocative], -issae [plural, vocative]
  1. (Late Latin) Used to form feminine forms of masculine nouns. Tags: Late-Latin, declension-1, feminine, morpheme Derived forms: archimandritissa (english: from archimandrita), sacerdōtissa (from sacerdōs)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "-easã"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: -easã",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: -easã"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "-essa"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: -essa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: -essa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "-essa"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: -essa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: -essa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "-esse"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: -esse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: -esse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "-esse"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: -esse\nFrench: -esse",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: -esse\nFrench: -esse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "-êsse"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: -êsse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: -êsse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "-esse",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Dutch: -esse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Dutch: -esse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "-es",
            "3": "-esse"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: -es, -esse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: -es, -esse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "-esse",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: -esse, -es, -ess, -asse, -as, -eyse, -eys, -eis, -isse, -ysse, -iss, -yss, -ys, -is\nEnglish: -ess",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: -esse, -es, -ess, -asse, -as, -eyse, -eys, -eis, -isse, -ysse, -iss, -yss, -ys, -is\nEnglish: -ess"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "-esa"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: -esa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: -esa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "-easă",
            "3": "-esă"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: -easă, -esă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: -easă, -esă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "-issa"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: -issa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: -issa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "-esa"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: -esa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: -esa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "-eshë",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: -eshë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: -eshë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*-issā",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *-issā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *-issā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "-es"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: -es",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: -es"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "br",
            "2": "-ez"
          },
          "expansion": "Breton: -ez",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Breton: -ez"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-ισσα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-issae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-issa<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "from archimandrita",
          "word": "archimandritissa"
        },
        {
          "roman": "from sacerdōs",
          "word": "sacerdōtissa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form feminine forms of masculine nouns."
      ],
      "id": "en--issa-la-suffix-xysHIO~A",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin) Used to form feminine forms of masculine nouns."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪs̠ːä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[isːä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-issa"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "from archimandrita",
      "word": "archimandritissa"
    },
    {
      "roman": "from sacerdōs",
      "word": "sacerdōtissa"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "-easã"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: -easã",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: -easã"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "-essa"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: -essa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: -essa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "-essa"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: -essa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: -essa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "-esse"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: -esse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: -esse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "-esse"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: -esse\nFrench: -esse",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: -esse\nFrench: -esse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "-êsse"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: -êsse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: -êsse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "-esse",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Dutch: -esse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Dutch: -esse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "-es",
            "3": "-esse"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: -es, -esse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: -es, -esse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "-esse",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: -esse, -es, -ess, -asse, -as, -eyse, -eys, -eis, -isse, -ysse, -iss, -yss, -ys, -is\nEnglish: -ess",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: -esse, -es, -ess, -asse, -as, -eyse, -eys, -eis, -isse, -ysse, -iss, -yss, -ys, -is\nEnglish: -ess"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "-esa"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: -esa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: -esa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "-easă",
            "3": "-esă"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: -easă, -esă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: -easă, -esă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "-issa"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: -issa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: -issa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "-esa"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: -esa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: -esa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "-eshë",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: -eshë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: -eshë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*-issā",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *-issā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *-issā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "-es"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: -es",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: -es"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "br",
            "2": "-ez"
          },
          "expansion": "Breton: -ez",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Breton: -ez"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-ισσα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-issae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-issa<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Latin",
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine suffixes",
        "Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension suffixes",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin noun-forming suffixes",
        "Latin suffixes",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form feminine forms of masculine nouns."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin) Used to form feminine forms of masculine nouns."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪs̠ːä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[isːä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-issa"
}

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