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Middle English
Suffix
-isc
- alternative form of -yssh
Old English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *-isk.
Suffix
-isċ
- of or relating to: -ish
Usage notes
- Replaces Latin -icus in loanwords.
- Almost the only suffix used to form adjectives meaning "of some ethnic group or nationality": Frīsa (“a Frisian”) → Frīsisċ (“Frisian”). Other examples include Āfricānisċ (“African”), Arabisċ (“Arabian”), Assirisċ (“Assyrian”), Brettisċ (“British”), Centisċ (“Kentish”), Crēċisċ (“Greek”), Denisċ (“Danish”), Egyptisċ (“Egyptian”), Englisċ (“English”), Frenċisċ (“French/Frankish”), Gotisċ (“Gothic”), Indisċ (“Indian”), Iūdēisċ (“Jewish”), Ispānisċ (“Spanish”), Isrāēlisċ (“Israelite”), Langbeardisċ (“Lombardic”), Mæcedonisċ (“Macedonian”), Mierċisċ (“Mercian”), Norþanhymbrisċ (“Northumbrian”), Persisċ (“Persian”), Pihtisċ (“Pictish”), Rōmānisċ (“Roman”), Samaritānisċ (“Samaritan”), Sċyttisċ (“Scottish”), *Seaxisċ (“Saxon”), Sicilisċ (“Sicilian”), Syrisċ (“Syrian”), Syrofēnisċ (“Syrophoenician”), Troiānisċ (“Trojan”), and wīelisċ (“Welsh”). The word for "Ethiopian," Siġelhearwen, is a rare exception to this pattern.
Declension
Declension of -isċ — Strong
Declension of -isċ — Weak
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *-iską, *-iskiją.
Alternative forms
Suffix
-isċ
- suffix forming nouns with a collective or group force
- þeġnisċ ― service, religious service, ministry
- hīwisċ ― household
- īdisċ ― property, household, family belongings, stuff
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Derived terms
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Old High German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Suffix
-isc
Derived terms
Category Old High German terms suffixed with -isc not found
Descendants
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