nessa

See also: Nessa

Cornish

Cornish ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : dew     Ordinal : nessa

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *nesaβ̃ (“nearest”), from Proto-Celtic *nessamos, superlative of *nessos.

Adjective

nessa (abbreviated 2a)

1. second
2. next

Ligurian

Etymology

From Late Latin neptia, from Latin neptis.

Noun

nessa

1. niece

Maltese

Root
n-s-j
11 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَسَّى (nassā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛs.sa/

Verb

nessa (imperfect jnessi, past participle mnessi, active participle nessej, verbal noun tinsija)

1. (ditransitive) to make (someone) forget (something)

   Dan il-film inessini kull inkwiet li għandi.

   This film makes me forget all my worries.

Conjugation

Conjugation of nessa
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	nessejt	nessejt	nessa		nessejna	nessejtu	nessew
	f			nessiet
imperfect	m	nnessi	tnessi	jnessi		nnessu	tnessu	jnessu
	f			tnessi
imperative			nessi				nessu

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• nesa, neso, nesso, nessu, nesu

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nessos +‎ -a (comparative suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈn͈ʲesa]

Adjective

nessa

1. nearer, closer

Descendants

• Irish: neasa
  • ⇒ Irish: neas
• Manx: niessey

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
nessa also nnessa after a proclitic	nessa pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.sɐ/

• Hyphenation: nes‧sa
• Rhymes: -ɛsɐ

Contraction

nessa f sg

1. Contraction of em essa (“in that (near you, feminine)”): feminine singular of nesse
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 141:

     Diante dessa confusão, é uma surpresa que tantos tenham obtido nota para passar nessa matéria.

     From this confusion, it is a surprise that so much people had obtained grades to be approved in this subject.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nesse.

See also

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
		Pronouns					Adverbs
		Singular		Plural		Neuter
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Proximal	X	este	esta	estes	estas	isto	aqui, cá
	de + X	deste	desta	destes	destas	disto	daqui
	em + X	neste	nesta	nestes	nestas	nisto	—
Medial	X	esse	essa	esses	essas	isso	aí
	de + X	desse	dessa	desses	dessas	disso	daí
	em + X	nesse	nessa	nesses	nessas	nisso	—
Distal	X	aquele	aquela	aqueles	aquelas	aquilo	ali, lá, acolá
	de + X	daquele	daquela	daqueles	daquelas	daquilo	dali
	em + X	naquele	naquela	naqueles	naquelas	naquilo	—
	a + X	àquele	àquela	àqueles	àquelas	àquilo
Anaphoric	X	o	a	os	as	—	—
	de + X	do	da	dos	das
	em + X	no	na	nos	nas
	a + X	ao	à	aos	às