κίσσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κίττα (kítta) — Attic

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic root, similar to Sanskrit कीकि (kīki, “jay”), किकिदीवि (kikidīvi, “blue jay; partridge”) and Old English higera (“magpie”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κίσσᾰ • (kíssă) f (genitive κίσσης); first declension

  1. Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
  2. longing of pregnant women, craving for strange food

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κῐ́σσᾰ; τῆς κῐ́σσης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κῐ́σσᾰ
hē kĭ́ssă 		τὼ κῐ́σσᾱ
tṑ kĭ́ssā 		αἱ κῐ́σσαι
hai kĭ́ssai
Genitive τῆς κῐ́σσης
tês kĭ́ssēs 		τοῖν κῐ́σσαιν
toîn kĭ́ssain 		τῶν κῐσσῶν
tôn kĭssôn
Dative τῇ κῐ́σσῃ
tēî kĭ́ssēi 		τοῖν κῐ́σσαιν
toîn kĭ́ssain 		ταῖς κῐ́σσαις
taîs kĭ́ssais
Accusative τὴν κῐ́σσᾰν
tḕn kĭ́ssăn 		τὼ κῐ́σσᾱ
tṑ kĭ́ssā 		τᾱ̀ς κῐ́σσᾱς
tā̀s kĭ́ssās
Vocative κῐ́σσᾰ
kĭ́ssă 		κῐ́σσᾱ
kĭ́ssā 		κῐ́σσαι
kĭ́ssai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κισσαβίζω (kissabízō)
  • κισσάω (kissáō)

Descendants

  • Greek: κίσσα (kíssa)
  • → Translingual: Cissa

Further reading

Greek

Noun

κίσσα • (kíssa) f (plural κίσσες)

  1. jay, Eurasian jay

Declension

Declension of κίσσα
singular plural
nominative κίσσα (kíssa) κίσσες (kísses)
genitive κίσσας (kíssas) κισσών (kissón)
accusative κίσσα (kíssa) κίσσες (kísses)
vocative κίσσα (kíssa) κίσσες (kísses)

Further reading

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