-ιστής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The agent-noun suffix -τής (-tḗs) added to the stem of a verb in -ίζω (-ízō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /is.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /isˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /isˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /isˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /isˈtis/
Suffix
-ῐστής • (-istḗs) m (genitive -ῐστοῦ); first declension
- Alternative form of -τής (-tḗs)
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | -ῐστής -istḗs |
-ῐστᾱ́ -istā́ |
-ῐσταί -istaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | -ῐστοῦ -istoû |
-ῐσταῖν -istaîn |
-ῐστῶν -istôn | ||||||||||
Dative | -ῐστῇ -istêi |
-ῐσταῖν -istaîn |
-ῐσταῖς -istaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | -ῐστήν -istḗn |
-ῐστᾱ́ -istā́ |
-ῐστᾱ́ς -istā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | -ῐστᾰ́ -istá |
-ῐστᾱ́ -istā́ |
-ῐσταί -istaí | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- -ισμός (-ismós)
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs). When it is added to a verb, it is usually of the ending -ίζω (-ízo).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ιστής • (-istís) m (feminine -ίστρια)
- added to a noun or adjective to create words for a male person who is a follower or supporter of that notion; -ist:
- κομμουνισμός (kommounismós, “Communism”) + -ιστής (-istís) → κομμουνιστής (kommounistís, “Communist”)
- εθνικός (ethnikós, “ethnic, national”) + -ιστής (-istís) → εθνικιστής (ethnikistís, “nationalist”)
- Ισλάμ (Islám, “Islam”) + -ιστής (-istís) → ισλαμιστής (islamistís, “Islamist”)
- added to a noun, adjective or verb to create words for a male person who behaves in a certain way; -ist, -er:
- εγώ (egó, “I”) + -ιστής (-istís) → εγωιστής (egoïstís, “egoist, selfish”)
- υπερασπίζω (yperaspízo, “to defender”) + -ιστής (-istís) → υπερασπιστής (yperaspistís, “defender”)
- έτσι θέλω (étsi thélo, “that's the way I want”) + -ιστής (-istís) → ετσιθελιστής (etsithelistís, “arbitrary person”)
- added to a noun or verb to create words for a male person who is a habitual doer of said action; -ist, -er:
- ποδόσφαιρο (podósfairo, “football”) + -ιστής (-istís) → ποδοσφαιριστής (podosfairistís, “footballer”)
- σκάκι (skáki, “chess”) + -ιστής (-istís) → σκακιστής (skakistís, “chess player”)
Declension
Declension of -ιστής
Related terms
Derived terms
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τής
- 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 first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek masculine suffixes
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greek lemmas
- Greek suffixes
- Greek masculine suffixes
- Greek nouns declining like 'νικητής'