isse

See also: Isse and -isse

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish issæ, from or related to Old Norse hjarsi (“crown of the head”).

Noun

isse

1. scalp; the part of the head where hair sometimes grows

   Gnub til, så du rører issen.

   Rub strongly, so that you touch the scalp.

   Hans isse skinnede.

   His scalp was shiny [i.e. there was no hair on it].

Declension

Declension of isse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	isse	issen	isser	isserne
genitive	isses	issens	issers	issernes

Latin

Verb

īsse

1. perfect active infinitive of eō

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

isse

1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

Pronoun

isse

1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

Etymology 2

Noun

isse (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of is (“ice”)

Etymology 3

Verb

isse

1. Alternative form of issen

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈissə/
• Homophone: ìsso

Pronoun

ìsse

1. plural of ìsso (“he”)

Coordinate terms

Number	Person	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Reflexive	Possessive	Prepositional
singular	first-person	io (i')	me			mìo, mìa, mieje, meje	me, méne
	second-person, familiar	tu	te			tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje	te, téne
	second-person, formal	vuje	ve			vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste	vuje
	third-person, masculine	ìsso	'o, 'u (lo, lu)	'i, 'e (li, le)	se	sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje	ìsso
	third-person, feminine	éssa	'a (la)	'e (le)			éssa
plural	first-person	nuje	ce			nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste	nuje
	second-person, plural	vuje	ve			vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste	vuje
	third-person, masculine	ìsse	'i, 'e (li, le)	llòro	se	llòro (invariable)	llòro
	third-person, feminine	llòro	'e (le)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish isse, from Old Danish jassæ, jæssæ, jessæ, issæ, all from Old Norse hjarsi, hjassi, from Proto-Germanic *hersô. Cognates include Swedish hjässa and Norwegian Nynorsk hjasse.

Noun

isse m (definite singular issen, indefinite plural isser, definite plural issene)

1. (anatomy) crown of the head
2. (figurative, by extension) a mountain top

Synonyms

• (crown of the head): krone

Related terms

• hjerne m (“brain”)

References

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

Anagrams

• ises, seis, sies

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Danish isse, from Old Danish jassæ, jæssæ, jessæ, issæ, all from Old Norse hjarsi, hjassi, whence also native doublet hjasse. From Proto-Germanic *hersô. Also akin to Swedish hjässa.

Noun

isse m (definite singular issen, indefinite plural issar, definite plural issane)

1. (anatomy) crown of the head
2. (figurative, by extension) a mountain top

Synonyms

• (crown of the head): hjasse, krone

Related terms

• hjerne m (“brain”)

References

• “isse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• essi, seis

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀇𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• इस्से (Devanagari script)
• ইস্সে (Bengali script)
• ඉස‍්සෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ဣဿေ or ဢိသ်သေ (Burmese script)
• อิสฺเส or อิสเส (Thai script)
• ᩍᩔᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິສ຺ເສ or ອິສເສ (Lao script)
• ឥស្សេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄨𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄬 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Noun

isse

1. vocative singular of issā (“jealousy”)

Etymology 2

Noun

isse

1. inflection of issa (“bear”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin ipse. Compare with Italian esso, Portuguese esse and Spanish ese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisse/

Pronoun

isse

1. (Logudorese) Alternative form of issu