nessa

== Cornish == === Etymology === From Middle Cornish nessa, from Old Cornish nesheuin, from Proto-Brythonic *nesaβ̃ (“nearest”), from Proto-Celtic *nessamos, superlative of *nessos. Equivalent to nes +‎ -a. Cognate with Breton nesañ and Welsh nesaf. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɛsə/ === Adjective === nessa (abbreviated 2a) second Synonym: eyl next comparative degree of nes (“near, close”) — closer ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === an nessa superlative degree of nes (“near, close”) — closest, nearest == Ligurian == === Etymology === From Late Latin neptia, from Latin neptis. === Noun === nessa niece == Maltese == === Etymology === Inherited from Arabic نَسَّى (nassā). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnɛs.sa/ Rhymes: -ɛssa === Verb === nessa (imperfect jnessi, past participle mnessi, verbal noun tinsija) (ditransitive) to make (someone) forget (something) Dan il-film inessini kull inkwiet li għandi. ― This film makes me forget all my worries. ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === nesa, neso, nesso, nessu, nesu === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *nessos +‎ -a (comparative suffix) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈn̠ʲe.sa/ === Adjective === nessa nearer, closer ==== Descendants ==== Irish: neasa ⇒ Irish: neas Manx: niessey === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nes(s)a”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: nes‧sa Rhymes: -ɛsɐ === Contraction === nessa f sg contraction of em +‎ essa, literally “in that (near you, feminine)”: feminine singular of nesse ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:nesse. ==== See also ====