-itas
التعريفات والمعاني
== Indonesian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
-tas (base form)
-ita (informal, rare)
-iti (Standard Malay and very few loanwords)
=== Etymology ===
Latinism. Learned borrowing from Latin -itās. Coined by Indonesian politician Mohammad Yamin between 1953 and 1955 to mediate difference of two schools how to Indonesianise Dutch -iteit, because there were two different opinions put forward -itet and -itit. Displaced Dutch borrowings -itet, -itit, and -iteit.
=== Suffix ===
-itas
-ity
Synonym: ke- -an
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“-itas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Latin ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
First from Proto-Italic *-itāts and *-otāts, i.e. -tās added to i-stems or o-stems, later used freely. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.
==== Pronunciation ====
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪ.taːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.tas] (stressed on the antepenult)
==== Suffix ====
-itās f (genitive -itātis); third declension
alternative form of -tās
amārus (“bitter, pungent”) + -itas → amāritās (“bitterness”)
ūnus (“one”) + -itas → ūnitās (“unity, oneness”)
cīvis (“citizen”) + -itas → cīvitās (“citizenship”)
fidēlis (“faithful”) + -itas → fidēlitās (“fidelity, faithfulness”)
trīni (“three each”) + -itas → trīnitās (“trinity, threeness”)
vēlōx (“swift, quick”) + -itas → vēlōcitās (“velocity, swiftness”)
===== Declension =====
Third-declension noun.
===== Synonyms =====
(-ness, -ity): -ia, -itia, -itiēs
===== Descendants =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Pronunciation ====
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈiː.taːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.tas]
==== Suffix ====
-ītās
accusative plural of -ītēs
=== Etymology 3 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Pronunciation ====
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iː.taːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.tas]
==== Suffix ====
-ītās
accusative feminine plural of -ītus
=== Etymology 4 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Pronunciation ====
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪ.taːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.tas]
==== Suffix ====
-itās
accusative feminine plural of -itus
== Portuguese ==
=== Suffix ===
-itas
plural of -ita
== Spanish ==
=== Suffix ===
-itas
plural of -ita