# Isis
## Translingual
### Proper noun

Isis f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Isididae – typical deep-sea bamboo corals.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Cnidaria – phylum; Anthozoa - class; Alcyonaria - subclass; Alcyonacea - order; Calcaxonia - suborder; Isididae - family

#### Derived terms

* Chelidonisis
* Muricellisis

### References

* Isis (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Isis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Isis (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Isis at World Register of Marine Species

## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: ī′sĭs, IPA: /ˈaɪ.sɪs/, /ˈaɪ.səs/
* Homophone: ISIS

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Īsis from Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis), from Egyptian
(ꜣst).

#### Proper noun

Isis
* (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic.
** 2009, Behemoth, Defiling Morality ov Black God:Grant me profane kiss / Oh Isis, mother ov all / Thy lips like morphine / Teasing my slumbering heart
* (astronomy) 42 Isis, a main belt asteroid.
* (uncommon) A female given name from Egyptian or Ancient Greek.
** 1924, Zora Neale Hurston, Drenched in Light:Isis had crawled under the center table with its red plush cover with little round balls for fringe.
** 1995, Iain Banks, Whit:'Beloved Isis,' Elias grinned, 'would you kindly cast some light into the poor occluded mind of our brother here on the matter of the co-essential nature of the body and the soul?'

##### Usage notes

As a female given name, its popularity peaked in 2005 in the US and 2010 in the Netherlands. Due to its association with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (commonly abbreviated as ISIS), the name quickly fell out of favor and is now rarely used.
In some depictions of the Egyptian goddess, she is sometimes renamed as Eset.

##### Synonyms

* (astronomy): 42 Isis, ㊷

##### Related terms

* Isiac
* Isidian
* Isidora
* Isidore

##### Translations

Catalan: Isis (ca) f
Coptic: ⲏⲥⲉ (ēse)
Czech: Eset
Egyptian: (ꜣst f)
Esperanto: Iziso
French: Isis (fr) f
Georgian: ისიდა (isida)
German: Isis (de) f
Greek: Ίσις (el) f (Ísis), Ίσιδα (el) f (Ísida)
Ancient: Ἶσις f (Îsis)
Hungarian: Ízisz
Italian: Iside (it) f
Japanese: イシス (Ishisu)
Korean: 이시스 (ko) (Isiseu)
Latin: Īsis f
Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎 f (ʾs)
Polish: Izyda (pl) f, Izys f
Portuguese: Ísis (pt) f
Russian: Иси́да (ru) f (Isída)
Slovak: Izis f
Spanish: Isis f
Swedish: Isis (sv) c :

### Etymology 2

Back-formation from Tamesis (“Latin name for Thames”), from the assumption that the word was derived from a compound of Thame (“A tributary of the Thames”) and Isis.

#### Proper noun

Isis
* (UK, especially Oxfordshire, otherwise dated) The River Thames between its source and its confluence with the River Thame at Dorchester on Thames.

### Etymology 3
#### Proper noun

Isis
* Alternative letter-case form of ISIS
** 2017 August 20, “The Observer view on the attacks in Spain”, in The Observer‎:The terrorist threat is growing, the politicians and intelligence services say, due in part to the degradation of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and the rising numbers of Isis fighters returning to Europe.

### Further reading

* “Isis”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Isis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 3194, column 1.
* “Isis”, in Collins English Dictionary.
* “Isis”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
* “Isis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* “Isis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* IISS

## Danish
### Proper noun

Isis
* Isis

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈisis/, [ˈis̠is̠]
* Rhymes: -isis
* Hyphenation: I‧sis

### Etymology 1
#### Proper noun

Isis
* Isis (Egyptian goddess)

##### Declension

Possessive forms of Isis (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Isisini
accusative
nom.
Isisini
gen.
Isisini
genitive
Isisini
partitive
Isisiäni
inessive
Isisissäni
elative
Isisistäni
illative
Isisiini
adessive
Isisilläni
ablative
Isisiltäni
allative
Isisilleni
essive
Isisinäni
translative
Isisikseni
abessive
Isisittäni
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Isisisi
accusative
nom.
Isisisi
gen.
Isisisi
genitive
Isisisi
partitive
Isisiäsi
inessive
Isisissäsi
elative
Isisistäsi
illative
Isisiisi
adessive
Isisilläsi
ablative
Isisiltäsi
allative
Isisillesi
essive
Isisinäsi
translative
Isisiksesi
abessive
Isisittäsi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Isisimme
accusative
nom.
Isisimme
gen.
Isisimme
genitive
Isisimme
partitive
Isisiämme
inessive
Isisissämme
elative
Isisistämme
illative
Isisiimme
adessive
Isisillämme
ablative
Isisiltämme
allative
Isisillemme
essive
Isisinämme
translative
Isisiksemme
abessive
Isisittämme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Isisinne
accusative
nom.
Isisinne
gen.
Isisinne
genitive
Isisinne
partitive
Isisiänne
inessive
Isisissänne
elative
Isisistänne
illative
Isisiinne
adessive
Isisillänne
ablative
Isisiltänne
allative
Isisillenne
essive
Isisinänne
translative
Isisiksenne
abessive
Isisittänne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Isisinsä
accusative
nom.
Isisinsä
gen.
Isisinsä
genitive
Isisinsä
partitive
Isisiään Isisiänsä
inessive
Isisissään Isisissänsä
elative
Isisistään Isisistänsä
illative
Isisiinsä
adessive
Isisillään Isisillänsä
ablative
Isisiltään Isisiltänsä
allative
Isisilleen Isisillensä
essive
Isisinään Isisinänsä
translative
Isisikseen Isisiksensä
abessive
Isisittään Isisittänsä
instructive
comitative

### Etymology 2

From English ISIS (“Islamic State in Iraq and Syria”).

#### Proper noun

Isis
* ISIS (extremist group)

##### Declension

Possessive forms of Isis (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Isisini
accusative
nom.
Isisini
gen.
Isisini
genitive
Isisini
partitive
Isisiäni
inessive
Isisissäni
elative
Isisistäni
illative
Isisiini
adessive
Isisilläni
ablative
Isisiltäni
allative
Isisilleni
essive
Isisinäni
translative
Isisikseni
abessive
Isisittäni
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Isisisi
accusative
nom.
Isisisi
gen.
Isisisi
genitive
Isisisi
partitive
Isisiäsi
inessive
Isisissäsi
elative
Isisistäsi
illative
Isisiisi
adessive
Isisilläsi
ablative
Isisiltäsi
allative
Isisillesi
essive
Isisinäsi
translative
Isisiksesi
abessive
Isisittäsi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Isisimme
accusative
nom.
Isisimme
gen.
Isisimme
genitive
Isisimme
partitive
Isisiämme
inessive
Isisissämme
elative
Isisistämme
illative
Isisiimme
adessive
Isisillämme
ablative
Isisiltämme
allative
Isisillemme
essive
Isisinämme
translative
Isisiksemme
abessive
Isisittämme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Isisinne
accusative
nom.
Isisinne
gen.
Isisinne
genitive
Isisinne
partitive
Isisiänne
inessive
Isisissänne
elative
Isisistänne
illative
Isisiinne
adessive
Isisillänne
ablative
Isisiltänne
allative
Isisillenne
essive
Isisinänne
translative
Isisiksenne
abessive
Isisittänne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Isisinsä
accusative
nom.
Isisinsä
gen.
Isisinsä
genitive
Isisinsä
partitive
Isisiään Isisiänsä
inessive
Isisissään Isisissänsä
elative
Isisistään Isisistänsä
illative
Isisiinsä
adessive
Isisillään Isisillänsä
ablative
Isisiltään Isisiltänsä
allative
Isisilleen Isisillensä
essive
Isisinään Isisinänsä
translative
Isisikseen Isisiksensä
abessive
Isisittään Isisittänsä
instructive
comitative

##### Alternative forms

* ISIS

## German
### Etymology 1
#### Proper noun

Isis f (proper noun, genitive Isis' or Isis)
* Isis

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Proper noun

Isis f (proper noun, genitive Isis' or Isis)
* Alternative form of ISIS (“Isis”)

##### Declension
## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈiː.sis/, [ˈiːs̠ɪs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈi.sis/, [ˈiːs̬is]

### Noun

Īsis f sg (genitive Īsis or Īsidis); third declension
* Isis.
* A river of Pontus

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem; two different stems), singular only.

#### Related terms

* Īsiacus

#### Descendants

* → English: Isis (learned)
* → French: Isis f sg (learned)
* → Spanish: Isis f sg (learned)

### References

* “Isis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Isis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 860/2.
* Isis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 461

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈisis/ [ˈi.sis]
* Rhymes: -isis
* Syllabification: I‧sis

### Proper noun

Isis f
* (Egyptian mythology) Isis