-ISMA, Alternative Form = -ismus
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós), a suffix that forms abstract nouns of practice or teaching (doctrine); which itself is from the stem of verbs in -ίζειν (-ízein), or from -ισμα (-isma), which more specifically expressed a finished act or thing done.
Suffix
-ismus m (genitive -ismī); second declension
- -ism;
Suffixed to nouns or verbs to forms masculine abstract nouns of practice (action or incidence), result, teaching (doctrine or philosophy), or status (state or condition) related to the thing or action so suffixed
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -ismus | -ismī |
| Genitive | -ismī | -ismōrum |
| Dative | -ismō | -ismīs |
| Accusative | -ismum | -ismōs |
| Ablative | -ismō | -ismīs |
| Vocative | -isme | -ismī |