-ισσα

Greek

Etymology

Suffix

-ισσα • (-issa) f

feminises masculine nouns ending in -ας, -ης, -ος, etc.
βασιλιάς (vasiliás, “king”) + ‎-ισσα (-issa) → ‎βασίλισσα (vasílissa, “queen”)

μάγειρας (mágeiras, “cook”) + ‎-ισσα (-issa) → ‎μαγείρισσα (mageírissa, “cook”)

Declension

declension of -ισσα

	singular	plural
nominative	-ισσα •	-ισσες •
genitive	-ισσας •	-ισσών •
accusative	-ισσα •	-ισσες •
vocative	-ισσα •	-ισσες •

Derived terms

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