# kyssa
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse kyssa, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃʰɪsːa/
* Rhymes: -ɪsːa
* Hyphenation: kys‧sa

### Verb

kyssa (third person singular past indicative kysti, third person plural past indicative kyst, supine kyst)
* (transitive) to kiss
    brúðgómurin kysti konu sína í hondinathe groom kissed his wife's hand(literally, “the groom kissed his bride on the hand”)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

#### Related terms

* kossur m

### References

* "kyssa" at Sprotin.fo

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse kyssa (“to kiss”), from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈcʰɪsːa/
    Rhymes: -ɪsːa

### Verb

kyssa
* to kiss
    Kysstu mig!Kiss me!
    Viltu kyssa mig?Do you want to kiss me?
    Hefurðu einhvern tíma kysst einhvern?Have you ever kissed someone?

#### Derived terms

* kyssast
* kyssa á hönd
* kyssilegur

#### Related terms

* koss

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* kyssene (noun)
* kysset (verb)
* kyste (verb, simple past)
* kyst (verb, past participle)

### Noun

kyssa m or n
* definite plural of kyss

### Verb

kyssa
* inflection of kysse:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* kysse (verb, e-infinitive)
* kyssane (noun)

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse kyssa, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

#### Verb

kyssa (present tense kyssar/kysser, past tense kyssa/kyste, past participle kyssa/kyst, passive infinitive kyssast, present participle kyssande, imperative kyssa/kyss)
* to kiss (touch with the lips)

##### Related terms

* kyss (noun)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

kyssa m or n
* definite neuter plural of kyss

### References

* “kyssa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussijaną, whence also Old English cyssan (English kiss), Old Frisian kessa, Old Saxon kussian, Dutch kussen, Old High German kussen (German küssen).

### Verb

kyssa
* to kiss

#### Related terms

* koss

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: kyssa
* Faroese: kyssa
* Norwegian Nynorsk: kyssa; (dialectal) kjøssa, kissa
* Norwegian Bokmål: kysse
* Old Swedish: kyssa
** Swedish: kyssa
* Danish: kysse
* Gutnish: kyssa, kysse

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kyssa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse kyssa, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

### Verb

kyssa
* to kiss

#### Descendants

* Swedish: kyssa

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* kyßa (obsolete typography)

### Etymology

From Old Swedish kyssa, from Old Norse kyssa, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɕʏsːa/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

kyssa (present kysser, preterite kysste, supine kysst, imperative kyss)
* to kiss passionately or with great affection (compare with pussa), to snog (UK)

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Related terms

* kyss
* okysst

### Further reading

* kyssa in Svensk ordbok.

## Turkmen
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa).

### Noun

kyssa (definite accusative kyssany, plural kyssalar)
* prose, story