systema
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian систе́ма (sistéma), with spelling likely influenced by system. Doublet of system.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪsˈteɪmə/
- Rhymes: -eɪmə
Noun
systema (uncountable)
- A Russian martial art, first appearing in the 1990s, involving a wide variety of fighting styles, including hand-to-hand combat, grappling, knife-fighting and firearms (with the specific elements usually dictated by the individual school).
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sisˈte.ma/
Noun
systema (plural systemas)
Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from German System. Doublet of system, a borrowing from Polish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sisˈtɛ.ma/
- Rhymes: -ɛma
- Syllabification: sys‧te‧ma
Noun
systema f
Further reading
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “system”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “system”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “organised whole, body”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I stand”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sysˈteː.ma]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sisˈt̪ɛː.ma]
Noun
systēma n (genitive systēmatis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | systēma | systēmata |
genitive | systēmatis | systēmatum |
dative | systēmatī | systēmatibus |
accusative | systēma | systēmata |
ablative | systēmate | systēmatibus |
vocative | systēma | systēmata |
Descendants
All borrowings.
References
- “systema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "systema", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- systema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
systema n
- definite plural of system
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
systema n
- definite plural of system
Portuguese
Noun
systema m (plural systemas)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of sistema.
- 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Lincoln e Grant”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies][2], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 292:
- Elle não tinha levantadas theorias, não tinha planos concebidos, não tinha presumpçosos systemas.
- He hadn't splendid theories, he hadn't conceived plans, he hadn't presumptuous systems.