-essa

essa Essa essä èssa Catalan Etymology ca roa-oca -essa, from ca la -issa, from ca grc -ισσα. Pronunciation ê Suffix f -ess female Usage notes This suffix is non-productive in modern Catalan, with either the usual feminine termination ca -a being employed, or the noun having a single form for both genders. Derived terms ca Finnish Etymology The inessive singular of fi -e-. Suffix inflectional essä Forms the inessive case of the second infinitive of verbs. Interlingua Etymology Borrowed from ia en -ess, ia fr -esse, ia it -essa, ia pt -esa/ia es -esa, ia ru -е́сса all ultimately from ia la -issa from ia grc -ισσα. Pronunciation ia /ˈesa/ Suffix ia suffix forms nouns from nouns, denoting a female; -ess ia -a ia conte count, earl contessa countess ia abbate abbot abbatessa abbess ia tigre tiger tigressa tigress Derived terms ia References Italian Etymology it :inh la:-issa<ety:bor<grc:-ισσα>> 1 From it la -issa, from it grc -ισσα. Pronunciation -éssa Suffix it suffix -ess Usage notes Mostly used to form the feminine of animate nouns. e.g. it barone => it baronessa Sometimes used ironically or in a disparaging manner. e.g. it medico => it medichessa Derived terms it Anagrams it aess -asse Asse asse Oromo Etymology From earlier om *-ay-ta. Cognate with kxc -ayta, gdl -ayt. Compare also so -e, bji -ay, tsb -akko (<*-ay-ko), irk -ay. Suffix om suffix m feminine -ettii Noun-forming suffix. Derived terms om