-isma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "isma"

Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately, from Latin -ismus.

Suffix

-isma

1. -ism

Declension

Declension of -isma
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	-isma	-isman	-ismur	-ismurnar
accusative	-ismu	-ismuna	-ismur	-ismurnar
dative	-ismu	-ismuni	-ismum	-ismunum
genitive	-ismu	-ismunnar	-isma	-ismanna

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈis.ma/, [ˈɪs̠mä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.ma/, [ˈizmä]

Suffix

-isma n (genitive -ismatis); third declension

1. (rare, not productive, in words derived from Greek) Alternative form of -ismus; -ism (used to form nouns of action or process or result)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	-isma	-ismata
genitive	-ismatis	-ismatum
dative	-ismatī	-ismatibus
accusative	-isma	-ismata
ablative	-ismate	-ismatibus
vocative	-isma	-ismata

Derived terms

• baptisma, encathisma, hypocorisma

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch -isme, from Middle French -isme, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós). Attested in the Kitab Vortaro published in 1923.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-iz.ma/, /-is.ma/, /-is.mə/
• Hyphenation: -is‧me

Suffix

-isma

1. -ism.

   organisma ― organism

Usage notes

• This suffix is used in borrowed words with the -ism suffix that refer to entities (as in prisma (“prisma”) and organisma (“organism”)).
• For borrowed words with the -ism suffix that refer to ideologies, beliefs, etc., the suffix -isme is used instead (as in rasisme (“racism”) and ateisme (“atheism”)).

Derived terms

Malay terms suffixed with -isma