-ισμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Rebracketing of the suffix -μός (-mós) appended to verbs in -ίζω (-ízō) / -ίζομαι (-ízomai), such as in λογισμός (logismós) (λογίζομαι (logízomai) + -μός (-mós)).
Pronunciation
- (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
-ισμός • (-ismós) m (genitive -ισμοῦ); second declension
- Forms abstract nouns.
Declension
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
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ισμός
Descendants
- → Latin: -ismus
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós).
Suffix
-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:
- βούδας (voúdas, “Buddha”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → βουδισμός (voudismós, “Buddhism”)
- Mαρξ (Marx, “Marx”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → μαρξισμός (marxismós, “Marxism”)
- 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”)
- Isms philosophy, religion, politics, etc:
Declension
Derived terms
- Category:Greek terms suffixed with -ισμός
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