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 Venetian 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

Borrowed from Italian fisso.

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

Adjective

fiss (feminine singular fissa, plural fissi)

  1. fixed, firm

Old Irish

Noun

fiss ?

  1. Alternative spelling of fis

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
fiss ḟiss fiss
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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