-iss

iss ISS íss īss İSS -iss- Middle English Suffix enm suffix 1 enm -esse -ess -ess Norwegian Bokmål Etymology nb de -is sharp-note-forming suffix. The further origin is uncertain; the German suffix is possibly a shortening of de Diesis diesis, from nb la diesis musical interval, from nb grc δίεσις passing through; interval, a derivative of grc διΐημι to send or pass through, itself formed from grc διά through, across + grc ἵημι to send, let go. The latter is from nb grk-pro *yīyēmi, ultimately from nb ine-pro *(H)yeh₁- to throw. Compare the parallel borrowings fi -is and is -ís sharp-note-forming suffix. Pronunciation nb /ɪsː/ [ɪsː] nb ɪsː 1 nb -iss Suffix nb suffix m definite singular -issen indefinite plural -isser definite plural -issene nb music sharp (♯); appended to a note name to form the name of the note a semitone higher nb f -iss F sharp-note-forming suffix → nb fiss F-sharp nb Tonen f hevet et halvt tonetrinn kalles fiss. The note F raised by one semitone is called F-sharp. nb 1944 Børre Qvamme Musikk 35–36 enhver tone er mangetydig, fiss er også gess, diss er ess, b er aiss og så videre every note is ambiguous: F-sharp is also G-flat, D-sharp is E-flat, B-flat is A-sharp, and so on Antonyms nb -ess flat-note-forming suffix Derived terms nb aiss A-sharp nb ciss C-sharp nb diss D-sharp nb eiss E-sharp nb fiss F-sharp nb giss G-sharp nb hiss B-sharp References