-itas

Learned borrowing from Latin -itās.

-itas

1. -ity

   Synonym: ke- -an

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

• -tas
• -iti (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

• “-itas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.t̪as] (stressed on the antepenult)

-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”)

Third-declension noun.

• (-ness, -ity): -ia, -itia, -itiēs

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.t̪as]

-ītās

1. accusative plural of -ītēs

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [iː.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.t̪as]

-ītās

1. accusative feminine plural of -ītus

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.t̪as]

-itās

1. accusative feminine plural of -itus

-itas

1. plural of -ita

-itas

1. plural of -ita