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Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish -stwo, Belarusian -ства (-stva), Russian and Ukrainian -ство (-stvo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *-ьstvo. Alternative form derives from the rebracketing when suffixed onto a word ending in -t, as seen in Belarusian -цтва (-ctva), Polish -ctwo, Ukrainian -цтво (-ctvo).
Suffix
־סטווע • (-stve) f or n
- suffix appended to nouns or adjectives to create an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or state: -hood, -ness, -ship, -ity
- רב (reb, “rabbi”) + ־סטווע (-stve) → רביסטווע (rebistve, “rabinate”)
Derived terms