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Faroese
Etymology
Ultimately, from Latin -ismus.
Suffix
-isma
- -ism
Declension
Latin
Pronunciation
Suffix
-isma n (genitive -ismatis); third declension
- (rare, not productive, in words derived from Greek) Alternative form of -ismus; -ism (used to form nouns of action or process or result)
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
Malay
Etymology
From Dutch -isme, from Middle French -isme, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós). Attested in the Kitab Vortaro published in 1923.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-iz.ma/, /-is.ma/, /-is.mə/
- Hyphenation: -is‧me
Suffix
-isma
- -ism.
- organisma ― organism
Usage notes
- This suffix is used in borrowed words with the -ism suffix that refer to entities (as in prisma (“prisma”) and organisma (“organism”)).
- For borrowed words with the -ism suffix that refer to ideologies, beliefs, etc., the suffix -isme is used instead (as in rasisme (“racism”) and ateisme (“atheism”)).
Derived terms
References
- ^ Kwik Khing Djoen (1923) Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe, Batavia: Sin Po, page 220