-tas

== Indonesian == === Alternative forms === -tet, -tit, -teit (proscribed by Mohammad Yamin) -ta (rare, informal) -itas (anaptyxised form) -ti (Standard Malay; also used in very few loanwords) === Etymology === Latinism. Learned borrowing from Latin -tās. Coined by Indonesian politician Mohammad Yamin between 1953 and 1955 to mediate the difference of two schools in how to Indonesianise Dutch -teit, because there were two different opinions put forward -tet and -tit. Displaced Dutch borrowings -tet and -teit, -tit, although it might still be found rarely in informal context. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈ-tas/ Hyphenation: tas IPA(key): /ˈtas/, [ˈt̪as] === Suffix === -tas -ness, -ity Synonym: ke- -an ==== Derived terms ==== == 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): [ˈtas] === 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 -ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Used to form feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being. Synonyms: -ia, -itia, -tūdō ===== Usage notes ===== 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-) ‎proprius + ‎-tas → ‎proprietās (“quality, property”) ‎medius + ‎-tas → ‎medietās (“midpoint”) ‎satis + ‎-tas → ‎satietās (“sufficiency”) ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (imparisyllabic non-i-stem or i-stem). ===== Descendants ===== ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Italic *-tā, from Proto-Indo-European *-tweh₂. ==== Suffix ==== -tās feminine accusative plural of -tus == Navajo == === Stem === -tas Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations: