νήσσα
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νῆσσα (nêssa), Ionic form of νῆττα (nêtta).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
νήσσα • (níssa) f (plural νήσσες)
- (humorous, Katharevousa) synonym of the modern πάπια (pápia, “duck”)
- Occurs only in the quasi-Katharevousa set phrase of unknown origin:
- ποιώ την νήσσαν or ποιούμαι την νήσσαν (poioúmai tin níssan, “to feign ignorance”) synonym of the modern κάνω την πάπια
- (taxonomy) → Νήσσα, the genus Anas (duck)
Declension edit
Katharevousa declension: as in the ancient inflection without the dual number.
If declined with modern endings:
declension of νήσσα
Further reading edit
- νήσσα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- νήσσα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.