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-tas
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tas"
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Suffix
-tas
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtaːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪as]
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
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-)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
- Aragonese: -dat
- Aromanian: -tati
- Asturian: -dá
- Basque: -tate
- Catalan: -tat
- Franco-Provençal: -tât
- Old French: -té f
- Friulian: -tât
- German: -tät
- Indonesian: -tas (rarer, -ta)
- Italian: -ità
- Occitan: -tat (rarer, -ta)
- Portuguese: -dade, -tade
- Romanian: -tate
- Sicilian: -tà, -tati
- Old Spanish: -dat, -tat
- Welsh: -dod
See also
Etymology 2
From Proto-Italic *-tā, from Proto-Indo-European *-tweh₂.
Suffix
-tās
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Navajo
Stem
-tas
- Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:
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