-tas
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tas"
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch -teit influenced by Latin -tās
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-tas
Derived terms edit
Category Indonesian terms suffixed with -tas not found
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
-tās f (genitive -tātis); third declension
Usage notes edit
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
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | -tās | -tātēs |
Genitive | -tātis | -tātum |
Dative | -tātī | -tātibus |
Accusative | -tātem | -tātēs |
Ablative | -tāte | -tātibus |
Vocative | -tās | -tātēs |
Descendants edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Italic *-tā, from Proto-Indo-European *-tweh₂.
Suffix edit
-tās