# viss
## English
### Alternative forms

* vis

### Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil வீசை (vīcai) and/or Telugu వీసె (vīse).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɪs/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪs

### Noun

viss (plural visses)
* (Myanmar) A Burmese unit of measure for weight, approximately 1.63293 kilograms (3.6 pounds).

#### Related terms

* tical (a unit of weight equal to 0.01 viss)

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* ISVs

## Cimbrian
### Alternative forms

* biss, visch

### Etymology

From Middle High German visch, from Old High German fisk (“fish”). Cognate with German Fisch.

### Noun

viss m (plural vissar)
* (Sette Comuni) fish

#### Derived terms

* vissaran
* dorvìssan

### References

* “viss” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse viss (“certain, sure”), from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz. Cognate with Swedish viss.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɪsː/
* Rhymes: -ɪsː

### Adjective

viss (comparative vissari, superlative vissastur)
* certain, sure, positive
    Ertu viss? — Já, ég er alveg viss.Are you sure? — Yes, I'm positive.
* certain, having been determined but unspecific
    Að falla úr vissri hæð.To fall from a certain height.

#### Synonyms

* (sure): öruggur, (informal, dated) sikker
* (certain): ákveðinn

#### Derived terms

* óviss

## Latvian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wiśas, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-so-s, from *wi-, *wī- (“separated, divided; two parts of a whole”). Cognates include Lithuanian vìsas, Old Prussian wissa f sg (“all”), Proto-Slavic *vьśь, Sanskrit वि (ví, “apart, asunder, off, in several directions”), विश्व (víśva, “all, each, whole”), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬞𐬀- (vīspa-), Old Persian [script needed] (visa-, “all, whole”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vis]
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### Adjective

viss (no definite forms; irreg. adv. (none))
* (usually singular) all, whole, entire (considered as a single entity)
    viss mežs ― all the forest, the whole forest
    visa māja ― the whole house
    viss vezums ― the entire cartful
    visa raža ― the whole harvest
    visa produkcija ― the whole production, output
    visa cilvēce ― all humanity, the whole human race
    klusēt visu ceļu ― to be quiet all the way
    izlasīt visu pasaku ― to read the whole fairy tale
    smaidīt pa visu seju ― to smile all over (lit. on all) (one's) face
    visa mugura slapja ― all (his) back (is) wet
    visas rokas jēlas ― (his) hands (are) all raw
    viņa visa nodrebēja ― she entire trembled (= all her body)
    par to runā visa pilsēta ― the whole town is talking about that
    divtelpu jeb tā saucamās dvīņu klētis sastopamas visā Latvijā ― two-room, also so-called twin, barns can be found in all Latvia (= all over Latvia)
    visu ceļojumu no sākuma līdz galam Jānītis nevarēja atraut acis no automašīnas loga ― (during) the whole trip from beginning to end, Jānītis could not turn his eyes away from the car window
* (of time periods, in the accusative) all, whole (during the entire time period)
    visu dienu ― the whole day, all day (long)
    visu nakti ― the whole night, all night (long)
    lija visu vakaru ― it rained all evening
    visu laiku ― all the time
    visu mūžu ― all (one's) life
    kaķītis gāja, gāja, 'visu vasaru ― the little cat went (= traveled) on and on, (during) the whole summer
* (usually plural) all, all the... (the entire group of, without exception)
    visi kaimiņi ― all the neighbors
    visas tautas ― all peoples
    visos logos ― in all windows
    pēc visiem likumiem ― according to all laws
    visas malas ― all over the place, everywhere (lit. all edges)
    segt visus izdevumus ― to cover all expenses
    atdot visus parādus ― to pay back all debts
    atnākt ar visus bērnus ― to come with all (one's) children
    visās varavīksnes krāsās ― in all the colors of the rainbow
    viņi gāja tur visi trīs ― they went there, all the three of them
    visi viesi bija īsti jautri un līksmi kā allaž pēc labi padarīta darba ― all the guests were really happy and cheerful as always after a job well done
* (with abstractions entities, ideas) all, full (maximally intense)
    viss bargums ― full rigor, utmost severity
    visa lepnība ― full pride
    sakoncentrēt visu uzmanību ― to pay full attention
    visā augumā ― in full height (= fully grown; standing straight)
    visā nopietnībā ― in all seriousness
    visā visumā ― in all universe (= all in all, on the whole, by and large)
    visā kailumā ― in all nakedness (= fully open, with no secrets)
    Annele turējās visiem spēkiem pretī tumšām, aklām bailēm ― Annele held on with all (her) forces against the dark, blind fear
    ielejā viņa mājas tagad bija redzamas visā savā nabadzībā ― in the valley, his house was now visible in all its poverty
    tu redzēji tikai mazu daļu no tā, ko es esmu redzējis visā pilnībā ― you have seen only a little part of what I saw in all fullness (= in its entirety)

### Pronoun

viss (indefinite)
* (masculine singular forms) all, everything, anything
    visu redzēt ― to see everything
    viss ir pateikts ― everything has been said
    viss kopā ― all together, all of it
    viņš grib visu zināt ― he wants to know everything
    pateikties par visu ― to thank for everything
    visam savs laiks ― to everything its time
    būt gatavam uz visu ― to be ready for everything
    viss viens ― all is one (i.e., it is all the same, it doesn't matter)
    viss kas ― all that (i.e., all kinds of things)
    būt spējīgam uz visu ― to be capable of everything, to be able to do anything
    Gaitiņš pārdeva visu, paturdēami sev tik vienu zirgu un vienus ratus ― Gaitiņš sold everything, keeping for himself only one horse and one cart
    vai tas var būt, ka viss - bez jēgas? vai tas var būt, ka viss ir velts? ― could it be that everything is meaningless? could it be that everything is futile?
    neesmu apmierināata ar sevi, un viss ― I am not satisfied with myself, and all (= and that's all! that's it!)
    braukšu uz Dmitrijevku pēc precēm; viss! ― I'll go to Dimitrijevku to get the merchandise; that's all! (= that's it!)
    vieta, kurā varēja atrast visu ko: labo un slikto, jauno un veco, atpalikušo un progresīvo - a place where one could find all that (= all kinds of things): good and bad, new and old, backward and progressive
* (plural forms) all, everyone, everybody
    visi jau ir paēduši - everybody has already eaten
    visi ir veseli - all are healthy
    nāca visi kopā - they all came together
    visu vārdā - in the name of (= on behalf of) everyone
    visi bez izņēmuma - everybody, without exception
    visi skraidīja ap ugunsgrēku kā apmulsuši, cits caur citu vaimanādami - everybody (just) ran around the fire confusedly, wailing at each other
    visi, kas no mātes ir aizgājuši pasaulē laimi meklēt, ir apgājuši pasaulei apkārt un atraduši tikai māti - all those who went away from their mother to look for happiness in the world, went all around the world and found only (their) mother

#### Usage notes

Viss has no definite forms; the indefinite forms are used in all cases. It has also no comparative or superlative forms.

#### Synonyms

* (of "whole"): vesels
* (for time periods): augs

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “of "everything"”): nekas

#### Derived terms

* All superlative adjectives and superlative adverbs.
* pavisam
* visai
* visāds
* viscaur
* vismaz
* vispasaules
* vispār
* vispirms
* visur

### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “viss”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse viss.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

viss (neuter singular visst, definite singular and plural visse)
* certain
    til en viss grad - to a certain extent

#### Antonyms

* uviss

#### Derived terms

* visshet

### References

* “viss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋɪsː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse viss.

#### Adjective

viss (neuter singular visst, definite singular and plural visse)
* certain

##### Antonyms

* uviss

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German wes.

#### Conjunction

viss
* if

##### Synonyms

* dersom

### References

* “viss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse viss, from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz. Cognate with Icelandic viss.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɪsː/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

viss (comparative vissare, superlative vissast)
* certain, convinced
    Antonym: oviss
    Experterna har nu blivit vissa om olyckans orsaker.The experts have now become certain regarding the causes of the accident.
* (not comparable) some, certain, particular
    I vissa avseenden, fungerar det inte.In some ways, it doesn't work.

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Related terms

* visshet

#### See also

* några

### Further reading

* viss in Svensk ordbok.