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

Related terms

• ffissa
• fissazzjoni

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

Related terms

• fess

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• fss, fssa, fsst, fssta, biss

Etymology

From earlier fesst, from Proto-Berber *əffăstăʔ (“to be silent”). Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴼⵙⵜ (fst, “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.

   iɣ 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 ɣ 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