-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

 

• IPA^(key): /iz.mós/ → /izˈmos/ → /izˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /izˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /izˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /izˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /izˈmos/

Suffix

-ισμός • (-ismós) m (genitive -ισμοῦ); second declension

1. Forms abstract nouns.

Declension

Second declension of -ισμός; -ισμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ισμός

Descendants

• → Latin: -ismus

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós).

Suffix

-ισμός • (-ismós) m

1. A suffix that forms abstract nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine.

Derived terms

• Category:Greek words suffixed with -ισμός