-aster
See also: Appendix:Variations of "aster"
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin -aster (“little, petty, partial, incomplete”).
Suffix edit
-aster
- Used to form diminutive and pejorative nouns, labeling someone pretending to be what they are not.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
-aster
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From suffix originally forming Ancient Greek nouns from verbs ending in -άζειν (-ázein).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈas.ter/, [ˈäs̠t̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈas.ter/, [ˈäst̪er]
Suffix edit
-aster (feminine -astra, neuter -astrum); first/second-declension suffix (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- suffix of nouns or adjectives, expressing half, partial, or incomplete resemblance to the root word meaning; hence in some cases may be pejorative.
Declension edit
First/second-declension suffix (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | -aster | -astra | -astrum | -astrī | -astrae | -astra | |
Genitive | -astrī | -astrae | -astrī | -astrōrum | -astrārum | -astrōrum | |
Dative | -astrō | -astrō | -astrīs | ||||
Accusative | -astrum | -astram | -astrum | -astrōs | -astrās | -astra | |
Ablative | -astrō | -astrā | -astrō | -astrīs | |||
Vocative | -aster | -astra | -astrum | -astrī | -astrae | -astra |