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) (transitive, nonstandard) To split apart into multiple entities. == Cimbrian == === Etymology === From Venetan fiso, from Latin fixus (“fixed, constant”). === Adjective === fiss (comparative fissor, superlative dar fissorste) (Sette Comuni) stable, steady hard, firm De piarn zeint fiss. ― The pears are firm. dense, thick Dar balt is fiss. ― The forst is dense. ==== Declension ==== === 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) fixed, firm ==== Related terms ==== == Middle Irish == === Noun === fiss n or m alternative spelling of fis === Mutation === == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɪsː/ Rhymes: -ɪsː === Noun === fiss n (music) F-sharp; the note F♯ ==== Declension ==== ==== 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) to be silent, to be quiet, to shut up ==== Derived terms ==== === 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