fiss

fiss

See also: Fiss

English

Etymology

From fission by back-formation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ɪs

Verb

fiss (third-person singular simple present fisses, present participle fissing, simple past and past participle fissed)

  1. (transitive, nonstandard) To split apart into multiple entities.
    • 1998, Richard Hanley, Is Data Human?:
      Perhaps every five minutes each person ceases to exist and is fissed, with one descendant instantly replacing the original and the other materializing on a twin Earth somewhere […]

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Venetan fiso, from Latin fixus (“fixed, constant”).

Adjective

fiss (comparative fissor, superlative dar fissorste) (Sette Comuni)

  1. stable, steady
  2. hard, firm
    De piarn zeint fiss. ― The pears are firm.
  3. dense, thick
    Dar balt is fiss. ― The forst is dense.

Declension

Positive forms of fiss
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative èar ist fiss zi ist fiss is ist fiss ze zèint fiss
with definite article nominative dar fisse de fissa 's fisse de fissen
accusative in fissen de fissa 's fisse de fissen
dative me fissen dar fissen me fissen in fissen
with indefinite article nominative an fissar an fissa an fisses (khòone) fissen
accusative an fissen an fissa an fisses (khòone) fissen
dative aname fissen anara fissen aname fissen (khòonen) fissen
without article nominative fisse
accusative fisse
dative fissen
Comparative forms of fiss
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative èar ist fissor zi ist fissor is ist fissor ze zèint fissor
with definite article nominative dar fissore de fissora 's fissore de fissorn
accusative in fissorn de fissora 's fissore de fissorn
dative me fissorn dar fissorn me fissorn in fissorn
with indefinite article nominative an fissorar an fissora an fissors (khòone) fissorn
accusative an fissorn an fissora an fissors (khòone) fissorn
dative aname fissorn anara fissorn aname fissorn (khòonen) fissorn
without article nominative fissore
accusative fissore
dative fissorn
Superlative forms of fiss
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative èar ist dar fissorste zi ist dar fissorsta is ist dar fissorste ze zèint dar fissorste
with definite article nominative dar fissorste de fissorsta 's fissorste de fissorsten
accusative in fissorsten de fissorsta 's fissorste de fissorsten
dative me fissorsten dar fissorsten me fissorsten in fissorsten
with indefinite article nominative an fissorstar an fissorsta an fissorstes (khòone) fissorsten
accusative an fissorsten an fissorsta an fissorstes (khòone) fissorsten
dative aname fissorsten anara fissorsten aname fissorsten (khòonen) fissorsten
without article nominative fissorste
accusative fissorste
dative fissorsten

References

  • “fiss” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Maltese

Etymology

Etymology tree
Italian fissobor.
Maltese fiss

    Borrowed from Italian fisso.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fɪs/
    • Rhymes: -ɪs

    Adjective

    fiss (feminine singular fissa, plural fissi)

    1. fixed, firm

    Middle Irish

    Noun

    fiss n or m

    1. alternative spelling of fis

    Mutation

    Mutation of fiss
    radical lenition nasalization
    fiss ḟiss fiss
    pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Swedish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fɪsː/
    • Rhymes: -ɪsː

    Noun

    fiss n

    1. (music) F-sharp; the note F♯

    Declension

    Declension of fiss
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite fiss fiss
    definite fisset fissets
    plural indefinite fiss fiss
    definite fissen fissens

    Tashelhit

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From earlier fesst, from Proto-Berber *əffăstăʔ (“to be silent”).

    Compare Central Atlas Tamazight fəsθ (“to be silent”), Zenaga ăffăsˁsˁi (“to be quiet”), Ghadames făss (“to be silent”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fisː/

    Verb

    fiss (intensive aorist ttfssa or ttfssas, verbal noun ifssi or ifsti, Tifinagh spelling ⴼⵉⵙⵙ, Arabic spelling فيسّ)

    1. to be silent, to be quiet,
      ايغ يڭّوت واوال، ايفيسّ يان.
      iġ iggut wawal, ifiss yan.
      When there is a lot of talk, it is better to remain silent.
    2. to shut up
      فيسّ، آور تينيت اوال انّ غ ومنيد ن بابك.
      fiss, a ur tinit awal ann ġ umnid n babak.
      shut up, don't say that in front of your father.

    Derived terms

    • ifsti (“silence”)

    References

    • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 883a
    • Marijn van Putten (2024), “Proto-Berber Heavy Verbs”, in The Handbook of Berber Linguistics, Springer Singapore, →DOI, →ISBN, page 321
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