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Indonesian
Etymology
From Latin -tās
Pronunciation
Suffix
-tas
- -ness, -ity
- Synonym: ke- -an
Derived terms
Category Indonesian terms suffixed with -tas not found
Irish
Etymology
From -ta (past participle suffix) + -as (abstract noun suffix).
Suffix
-tas m
- Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or nouns
Derived terms
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *-tāts, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, whence also Attic Greek -της (-tēs), Doric Greek -τᾱς (-tās), and Sanskrit -ताति (-tāti). See also -tūs.
Suffix
-tās f (genitive -tātis); third declension
- -ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Used to form feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being.
- Synonyms: -ia, -itia, -tūdō
Usage notes
The suffix -tās is added to an adjective (or sometimes a noun) to form an abstract third declension feminine noun indicating a state or condition.
- Examples:
- potis (“able”) + -tas → potestās (“ability”)
- difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”) + -tas → difficultās (“difficulty, trouble”)
- līber (“free”) + -tas → lībertās (“liberty, freedom”)
- aevum (“infinite time”) + -tas → aetās (“lifetime”)
It has two allomorphs:
- -itās
- viduus + -tas → viduitās (“widowhood”)
- magnanimus + -tas → magnanimitās (“magnanimity”)
- alacer + -tas → alacritās (“cheerfulness”)
- -etās (used after -i-)
- proprius + -tas → proprietās (“quality, property”)
- medius + -tas → medietās (“midpoint”)
- satis + -tas → satietās (“sufficiency”)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
From Proto-Italic *-tā, from Proto-Indo-European *-tweh₂.
Suffix
-tās
- feminine accusative plural of -tus