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)

  1. 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)

  1. system

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

  1. system
    Synonym: system

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

Noun

systēma n (genitive systēmatis); third declension

  1. system
  2. harmony

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.

  • Asturian: sistema
  • Catalan: sistema
  • Danish: system
  • English: system
  • French: système
  • Galician: sistema
  • German: System
  • Italian: sistema
  • Ladino: sistema
  • Lithuanian: sistema
  • Occitan: sistèma
  • Portuguese: sistema
  • Romanian: sistem
  • Spanish: sistema

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

systema n

  1. definite plural of system

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

systema n

  1. definite plural of system

Portuguese

Noun

systema m (plural systemas)

  1. 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.