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-iste

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See also: iste, işte, -ište, -iște, and -iště

Dutch

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Etymology

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From -ist +‎ -e.

Suffix

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-iste

  1. -ist in the female form

French

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

    Pronunciation

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    Suffix

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    -iste m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -istes)

    1. -ist

    Suffix

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    -iste (adjective-forming suffix, plural -istes)

    1. -istic

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    Descendants

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    • Danish: -ist
    • English: -ist
    • Icelandic: -isti
    • Norwegian Bokmål: -ist
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: -ist
    • Romanian: -ist
    • Swedish: -ist
    • Turkish: -ist

    Italian

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    Etymology 1

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    From Latin -īvistis (via -īsti).[1] Example: Italian finiste, from Latin finivistis.

    Suffix

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    -iste (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

    1. used with a stem to form the second-person plural past historic and imperfect subjunctive of regular -ire verbs

    Etymology 2

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    Alternative forms

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    • -isti (after masculine nouns)

    Suffix

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    -iste f pl (non-lemma form of noun-forming suffix)

    1. plural of -ista (after feminine nouns)

    References

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    1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002), Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 146

    Anagrams

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    Latvian

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    Etymology 1

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    Feminine form of -ists.

    Suffix

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    -iste

    1. Added to nouns to form feminine nouns denoting members/followers of a principle, religion, philosophy, lifestyle, or system of belief (usually named by words in -isms), or who has a certain profession or activity, just like its English cognate -ist.
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    • -ists (masculine counterpart of -iste)
    • -isms (the corresponding profession / activity / system of belief)

    Etymology 2

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    Apparently borrowed from Lithuanian -ystė, in words like karalỹstė (kingdom).

    Suffix

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    -iste

    1. Used to form names of regions, areas, countries, etc. from the name of the their ruler: karalis “king” -> karaliste “kingdom.”
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    Norman

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    Suffix

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    -iste

    1. -ist

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    Spanish

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Latin -istī (third conjugation) and -īvisti ~ -īistī (fourth conjugation)

    Suffix

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    -iste

    1. Suffix indicating the second-person singular indicative preterite of -er and -ir verbs.

    See also

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