-ισμός
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Rebracketing of the suffix -μός (-mós) appended to verbs in -ίζω (-ízō) / -ίζομαι (-ízomai), such as in λογισμός (logismós) (λογίζομαι (logízomai) + -μός (-mós)).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /iz.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /izˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /izˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /izˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /izˈmos/
Suffix
[edit]-ισμός • (-ismós) m (genitive -ισμοῦ); second declension
- Forms abstract nouns.
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | -ισμός -ismós |
-ισμώ -ismṓ |
-ισμοί -ismoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | -ισμοῦ -ismoû |
-ισμοῖν -ismoîn |
-ισμῶν -ismôn | ||||||||||
Dative | -ισμῷ -ismôi |
-ισμοῖν -ismoîn |
-ισμοῖς -ismoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | -ισμόν -ismón |
-ισμώ -ismṓ |
-ισμούς -ismoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | -ισμέ -ismé |
-ισμώ -ismṓ |
-ισμοί -ismoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Latin: -ismus
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós).
Suffix
[edit]-ισμός • (-ismós) m
- Forms masculine noun derivatives from nouns or substantive adjectives, and renders foreign words in modern Greek. Commonly translated to an ism in English:
- Isms philosophy, religion, politics, etc:
- behaviour, attutude, etc:
- occupations, activities, etc:
- πρόσκοπος (próskopos, “Boy Scout”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → προσκοπισμός (proskopismós, “Scouting”)
- τερματίζω (termatízo, “to end”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → τερματισμός (termatismós, “termination, terminating”)
- language tendencies:
- disease, disability:
- αλκοόλ (alkoól, “alcohol”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → αλκοολισμός (alkoolismós, “alcoholism”)
- science, nature:
- μαγνήτης (magnítis, “magnet”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → μαγνητισμός (magnitismós, “magnetism”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of -ισμός
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- Ancient Greek rebracketings
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek suffixes
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek noun-forming suffixes
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension
- Ancient Greek masculine suffixes
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek lemmas
- Greek suffixes
- Greek masculine suffixes
- Greek nouns declining like 'αδελφός'