־סטווע

Yiddish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish -stwo, Belarusian -ства (-stva), Russian and Ukrainian -ство (-stvo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *-ьstvo. Alternative form derives from the rebracketing when suffixed onto a word ending in -t, as seen in Belarusian -цтва (-ctva), Polish -ctwo, Ukrainian -цтво (-ctvo).

Suffix

־סטווע • (-stve) f or n

  1. suffix appended to nouns or adjectives to create an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or state: -hood, -ness, -ship, -ity
    ‎רב (reb, “rabbi”) + ‎־סטווע (-stve) → ‎רביסטווע (rebistve, “rabinate”)

Derived terms

Yiddish terms suffixed with ־סטווע
גזלעווויסטווע
היפּאָקריטסטווע
רביסטווע
Yiddish terms suffixed with ־צטווע
צבֿועצטווע
קאַליעצטווע
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