-ists

See also: ists and īsts

Gothic

Romanization

-ists

1. romanization of -𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃

Latvian

Etymology

Not a native Latvian suffix, -ists occurred in many borrowings and is now fully integrated. Ultimately from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), like its English cognate -ist (see etymology of -ist).

Suffix

-ists

1. Added to nouns to form masculine nouns denoting members/followers of a principle, religion, philosophy, lifestyle, or system of belief (usually named by words in -isms), or who has a certain profession or activity, just like its English cognate -ism.

Derived terms

Latvian terms suffixed with -ists

aseksuālists

basketbolists

biseksuālists

centrists

ekonomists

eksistenciālists

futbolists

handbolists

homoseksuālists

humānistisks

humānists

humoristisks

humorists

imperiālistisks

imperiālists

internacionālistisks

internacionālists

kapitālists

komunists

morālists

nacionālistisks

nacionālists

racionālistisks

racionālists

rasists

sātanists

simbolists

skandālists

sociālisms

sociālistisks

sociālists

sportists

tenisists

vokālists

volejbolists

Related terms

• -isms (the corresponding profession / activity / system of belief)