-itas

See also: itas and -itás

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -itās.

Suffix

-itas

  1. -ity
    Synonym: ke- -an

Usage notes

The suffix displaced earlier forms of -itet, -iteit and -itit from Dutch -iteit, Dutch -teit.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Suffix

-itās f (genitive -itātis); third declension

  1. 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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ītās

  1. accusative plural of -ītēs

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ītās

  1. accusative feminine plural of -ītus

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-itās

  1. accusative feminine plural of -itus

Portuguese

Suffix

-itas

  1. plural of -ita

Spanish

Suffix

-itas

  1. plural of -ita