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-issa

-issa

See also: issa, Issa, and issā

Latin

Suffix

-issa

  1. (Late Latin) Used to form feminine forms of masculine nouns.
    abbās (abbot) > abbātissa (abbess)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative -issa -issae
genitive -issae -issārum
dative -issae -issīs
accusative -issam -issās
ablative -issā -issīs
vocative -issa -issae

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-issa'>Latin words suffixed with -issa</a>

Descendants

  • Aromanian: -easã
  • British: -issā
  • French: -esse
  • Italian: -essa