-is

-is n (noun-forming suffix, indeclinable)

1. indicates a sharp of a note

   Měl zahrát gis, ale omylem zahrál ais.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

-is

1. indicates the sharp of a note; ♯

• -es

The Esperanto suffixes -as, -is, -os, -us are related, and appear to have been inspired by previous language projects:

This play of vowels is not an original idea of Zamenhof's: -as, -is, -os are found for the three tenses of the infinitive in Faiguet's system of 1765; -a, -i, -o without a consonant are used like Z's -as, -is, -os by Rudelle (1858); Courtonne in 1885 had -am, -im, -om in the same values, and the similarity with Esperanto is here even more perfect than in the other projects, as -um corresponds to Z's -us. —An International Language (1928)

The vowel of -is is likely cognate with the Latin perfect, as in amavit "s/he had loved", and the corresponding past infinitive amavisse.

-is

1. ending of past tense in verbs, e.g. ami to love, ŝi amis she loved.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare -us and -s.

-is (genitive -ise, partitive -ist)

1. Derives nouns.

   ‎petma (“to con, to trick”) + ‎-is → ‎petis (“conman, trickster, cheat, fraud”)

   ‎näitama (“to show”) + ‎-is → ‎näidis (“sample, specimen”)

2. Derives forms of nouns used in compounds.

   ‎väli (“field, area”) + ‎-is → ‎välis- (“outside”)

   võidma ("to spread", "to anoint") → võidis- in võidisvaal ("sperm whale")

Probably from Swedish -is and possibly also extracted from slang terms including that suffix.

-is (colloquial)

1. -er, -ie; a suffix used to form nouns and proper nouns from place names, common nouns and adjectives; gives a familiar nuance to the original word; the original word is often truncated in the process.

   ‎kova (“hard, tough”) + ‎-is → ‎kovis (“badass”)

   ‎mestaruus (“championship”) + ‎-is → ‎mestis (“league of champions”)

   ‎paha (“bad”) + ‎-is → ‎pahis (“bad guy”)

   ‎Roihuvuori (a suburb of Helsinki) + ‎-is → ‎Roihis

From German -is.

-is

1. (music) sharp, ♯

   Antonym: -es

   ‎A + ‎-is → ‎Ais (“A sharp”)

   ‎C + ‎-is → ‎Cis (“C sharp”)

   ‎D + ‎-is → ‎Dis (“D sharp”)

   ‎E + ‎-is → ‎Eis (“E sharp”)

   ‎F + ‎-is → ‎Fis (“F sharp”)

   ‎G + ‎-is → ‎Gis (“G sharp”)

   ‎H + ‎-is → ‎His (“B sharp”)

• -isis (“double sharp”)

• -si

• IPA^(key): /i/

Inherited from Latin -iō → *-īō, -is → *-īs (sense 1–2); Latin -īvī, and -īvisti (sense 3–4). In the case of regular -ir verbs (like finir), the first singular present suffix was inherited from Old French -is, from Vulgar Latin *-īscō (cf. -iss-), while other first singular suffixes (also when added to irregular -ir verbs) are added erroneously.

-is

1. forms the first-person singular present indicative of -ir verbs
2. forms the second-person singular present indicative of -ir verbs
3. forms the first-person singular past historic of -ir verbs
4. forms the second-person singular past historic of -ir verbs

-is

1. forms the first-person singular past historic of -re verbs
2. forms the second-person singular past historic of -re verbs

Inherited from Old French -ëiz, from Latin -ātus (past participle ending) + -īcius (adjective-forming suffix).

-is

1. adjective- or noun-forming suffix, generally found attached to verbs

Potentially shortened from Diesis.

-is (invariable)

1. (music) sharp, ♯

   Antonym: -es

   ‎A + ‎-is → ‎Ais (“A sharp”)

   ‎C + ‎-is → ‎Cis (“C sharp”)

   ‎D + ‎-is → ‎Dis (“D sharp”)

   ‎E + ‎-is → ‎Eis (“E sharp”)

   ‎F + ‎-is → ‎Fis (“F sharp”)

   ‎G + ‎-is → ‎Gis (“G sharp”)

   ‎H + ‎-is → ‎His (“B sharp”)

• -isis (“double sharp”)

• Norwegian Bokmål: -iss

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [iʃ]
• Rhymes: -iʃ

-is

1. (diminutive suffix) Added to a proper noun to form a shortened diminutive name.

   ‎András (“Andrew”) + ‎-is → ‎Andris (“Andy”)

• -us
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Borrowed from Esperanto -is, back-formation from -as.

-is

1. desinence of the past tense in verbs

• -as
• -os
• -ar
• -ir
• -or

From Dutch -isch, from German -isch, from Middle High German -isch, from Old High German -isc, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.

-is

1. -ic.

   strategis ― strategic

   pragmatis ― pragmatic

2. -ical.

   praktis ― practical

   psikologis ― psychological

From Dutch -ist, from Old French -iste and Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), from -ίζω (-ízō, “-ize, -ise”, verbal suffix) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, agent-noun suffix).

-is

1. -ist.

   anarkis ― anarchist

   jurnalis ― journalist

• “-is” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From the dative form of Old Irish -as (“-ish”).

-is f

1. -ish, -ese (used to form language names)

-is

1. inflection of -eas:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

From Proto-Indo-European *-is.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /is/, [ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /is/, [is]

-is (neuter -e); third-declension two-termination suffix

1. suffixed to the root of nouns in composition, forms adjectives of the third declension

   tri- + annus + -is → triennis

   bi- + penna + -is → bipennis

   ē- + norma + -is → ēnormis

   in- + somnus + -is → insomnis

   pro- + clīvus + -is → proclīvis

   brevi- + tarsus + -is → brevitarsis

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• → Swedish: -is (learned)
  • → Finnish: -is
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: -is
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: -is

• “-is” on page 970/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Declined forms of -us (suffix forming adjectives). Derived from Proto-Italic -ois.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iːs/, [iːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /is/, [is]

-īs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of -us

Declined forms of -a (suffix forming masculine agent nouns).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iːs/, [iːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /is/, [is]

-īs m

1. dative/ablative plural of -a

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-is

1. second-person singular present active indicative of -ō (third conjugation)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-īs

1. (archaic) second-person singular sigmatic aorist active subjunctive of -ō (third conjugation)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

-is

1. genitive singular of -s

• IPA^(key): /-is/
• Hyphenation: -is

Learned borrowing from Indonesian -is.^[1]

• -ikal
• -ik

-is

1. -ical; -ic.

   praktis ― practical

   gramatis ― grammatical

• Instances of this suffix are usually found in loanwords borrowed from Indonesian that have a more commonly used English-derived alternative. One example of this is the Malay term for pragmatic which can be expressed with the Indonesian-derived pragmatis that exists alongside the English-derived pragmatik.

Learned borrowing from English -ist, from Old French -iste and Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), from -ίζω (-ízō, “-ize, -ise”, verbal suffix) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, agent-noun suffix).

-is

1. -ist.

   anarkis ― anarchist

   sadis ― sadist

Borrowed from Portuguese -ês, from Old Galician-Portuguese -es, from Latin -ēnsis.

-is (Jawi spelling -يس)

1. -ese.

   Kantonis ― Cantonese

   Portugis ― Portuguese

-is

1. Alternative form of -yssh

-is

1. Alternative form of -esse

From Swedish -is (diminutive suffix), from Latin -is.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪs/

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• Rhymes: -ɪs
• Hyphenation: -is
• Homophone: -iss

-is m (definite singular -isen, indefinite plural -iser, definite plural -isene)

2. Used to form nouns from adjectives, verbs and other nouns

• “-is” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “-is” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• is, si

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [-ɪs]

-is (Syllabics -ᐃᐢ)

1. Used to form diminutives: -ie

• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 22

At least since the late 1880s. Originally from the Latin ending -is in words such as basis (“basis”).

• IPA^(key): /-ɪs/
• When combined the stress is always on the first syllable.

-is c or n

1. (colloquial, particularly common in the Stockholm area) Suffix that gives a familiar, and to some extent a diminutive nuance, when combined with a word; common with both nouns and adjectives; commonly used for place names, institutions and persons in their professional role, occasionally clipped: Medis, Frälsis, dagis, vaktis; compare English -y, -ie.

   Är du sotis över att hon träffar sina killkompisar på krogen?

   Are you jealous that she's seeing her male friends at the pub?

   Hämta vaktisen. Någon hade just sönder en fönsterruta.

   Get the janitor. Someone just broke a window.

2. (colloquial) Similar to 1 in ad hoc combinations: pankis, sötis, snuskis; compare -ie.

   Kan vi äta pankisar med sylt och visgrädde idag?

   Can we eat pancakes with jam and whipped cream today?

   Du får inte hoppa över kontroller på orienteringen, din fuskis!

   You can't skip orienteering controls, you cheater ("cheatie")!

• Nouns ending in -is take either common (en) or neuter (ett) gender, often depending on the original word: ett daghem > ett dagis, en loppmarknad > en loppis, en vaktmästare > en vaktis.

• → Finnish: -is
• → Norwegian Bokmål: -is
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: -is