# essa
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* esse (Valencia)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.sə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈe.sa]

### Noun

essa f (plural esses)
* The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.
* ess (a shape or direction of movement that mimics the letter S)

### Further reading

* “essa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “essa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “essa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “essa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Corsican
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈes.sa/
* Hyphenation: es‧sa

### Verb

essa
* Ultramontane form of esse

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | esse | esse | esse | esse | esse |
| present participle | present participle | present participle | issendu | issendu | issendu | issendu | issendu |
| past participle | past participle | past participle | statu | statu | statu | statu | statu |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | eiu | tù | ellu/ella | noi | voi | elli/elle |
| indicative | present | sò, socu | sè | hè, ghjè | semu, semi | seti | sò |
| indicative | imperfect | eru, era | eri | era | eramu, erami | erati | erani |
| indicative | simple past | fubbi, fui | fusti | fubbi, fù | fubbimu, fubbimi, fuimu, fuimi | fusti | fubbini |
| indicative | future | saraghju | sarai, sarè | sarà | saremu, saremi | sareti | sarani |
| subjunctive | | eiu | tù | ellu/ella | noi | voi | elli/elle |
| subjunctive | present | sii, sichi | sii, sichi | sii, sichi | siimu, siimi, sichimu, sichimi | siiti, sichiti | siini, sichini |
| subjunctive | imperfect | fussi | fussi | fussi | fussimu, fussimi | fussiti | fussini |
| conditional | | eiu | tù | ellu/ella | noi | voi | elli/elle |
| conditional | present | sariu, saria, sarebbi | sarii, saresti, saristi | saria, sarebbi | seriamu, sariami, sarebbimu, sarebbimi | sariatei, saresti, saristi | sariani, sarebbini |
| imperative | imperative | – | tù | – | noi | voi | – |
| imperative | imperative | — | sii, sichi | — | siimu, siimi, sichimu, sichimi | siiti, sichiti | — |

### References

* “esse, essa” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

## Dupaningan Agta
### Numeral

essa
* one

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin ipsa, feminine singular of ipse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈes.sa/
* Rhymes: -essa
* Hyphenation: és‧sa

### Pronoun

essa f (plural esse)
* (literary) it, she, her
    Synonyms: lei, (literary) ella, questa, quella

#### See also

| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Genitive | Disjunctive |
| Singular | third | m | esso$^1$, egli, elli$^3$ | si, s' | lo, l' | gli | vi, v' | ne, n' | esso, sé |
| Singular | third | f | essa, ella, Ella$^2$ | si, s' | la, l' | le, ella$^3$ | vi, v' | ne, n' | essa, sé |
| Plural | third | m | essi, eglino$^3$, ellino$^3$, elli$^3$ | si, s' | li | loro | vi, v' | ne, n' | essi, sé |
| Plural | third | f | esse, elle$^3$, elleno$^3$ | si, s' | le | loro | vi, v' | ne, n' | esse, elle,$^3$ sé |
| $^1$ | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. |
| $^2$ | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. |
| $^3$ | Archaic. | Archaic. | Archaic. | Archaic. | Archaic. | Archaic. | Archaic. | Archaic. | Archaic. |

### References

* ↑ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 130

### Anagrams

* -asse, Asse, asse

## Mòcheno
### Etymology

From Middle High German ezzich, from Old High German ezzih, borrowed from Latin acētum with metathesis. Cognate with German Essig.

### Noun

essa m
* vinegar

### References

* “essa” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

## Neapolitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ipsa (“she herself, that very one”). Compare Italian essa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈessə/

### Pronoun

éssa
* she (nominative)
* her (prepositional)

#### Coordinate terms

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* essene

### Noun

essa n
* definite plural of ess

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* essane

### Noun

essa n or m
* definite neuter plural of ess

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *asjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

### Noun

essa f
* furnace

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: esse
** Alemannic German: Ess
** German: Esse

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.sɐ/
* Homophone: Eça
* Rhymes: -ɛsɐ
* Hyphenation: es‧sa
* Audio (São Paulo):(file)

### Etymology 1

Form of esse (“this”). From Latin ipsam.

#### Determiner

essa
* feminine singular of esse

#### Pronoun

essa
* feminine singular of esse
** 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 508:O senhor realizou extraordinária magia com essa varinha.You have done extraordinary magic with that wand.

##### See also

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

### Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *ersa, past participle of ērigēre (“to erect”).

#### Noun

essa f (plural essas)
* catafalque (platform to display or convey a coffin)
    Synonym: catafalco