-itas
Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin -itās.
Suffix
-itas
Usage notes
The suffix displaced earlier forms of -itet, -iteit and -itit from Dutch -iteit, Dutch -teit.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Indonesian terms suffixed with -itas
Further reading
- “-itas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, 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.t̪as] (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.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -itās | -itātēs |
| genitive | -itātis | -itātum |
| dative | -itātī | -itātibus |
| accusative | -itātem | -itātēs |
| ablative | -itāte | -itātibus |
| vocative | -itās | -itātēs |
Synonyms
Descendants
- Aromanian: -ãtati, -tati
- Asturian: -idá
- → Basque: -itate
- Catalan: -itat, -tat
- → Danish: -itet
- → Dutch: -iteit, -teit
- → Indonesian: -itet
- French: -ité, -eté, -té
- Friulian: -itât, -tât
- → German: -ität
- → Indonesian: -itas
- Italian: -ità, -tà, -itade, -tade
- → Latvian: -itāte
- → Norwegian Bokmål: -itet
- → Bulgarian: -итет (-itet)
- Occitan: -itat, -ita
- Portuguese: -idade, -dade
- Romanian: -itate, -ătate, -tate
- Sicilian: -ità, -itati
- Spanish: -idad, -edad, -tad
- → Swedish: -itet
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈiː.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.t̪as]
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.t̪as]
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.t̪as]
Suffix
-itās
- accusative feminine plural of -itus
Portuguese
Suffix
-itas
- plural of -ita
Spanish
Suffix
-itas
- plural of -ita