-itas

See also: itas and -itás

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -itās.

Suffix

-itas

1. -ity

   Synonym: ke- -an

Usage notes

The suffix displaced earlier forms of -itet, -iteit and -itit from Dutch -iteit, Dutch -teit.

Alternative forms

• -tas
• -iti (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

Indonesian terms suffixed with -itas

abnormalitas

absurditas

agresivitas

aktivitas

aktualitas

akuntabilitas

ambiguitas

amoralitas

disabilitas

efektivitas

ekualitas

elastisitas

fatalitas

fleksibilitas

formalitas

fraternitas

integritas

intensitas

komorbiditas

kompleksitas

kontinuitas

kriminalitas

legalitas

mayoritas

mentalitas

minoritas

modalitas

modernitas

moralitas

normalitas

objektivitas

pluralitas

prioritas

produktivitas

reliabilitas

seksualitas

sensitivitas

solidaritas

spesifisitas

stabilitas

toksisitas

Further reading

• “-itas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology 1

First from Proto-Italic *-itāts and *-otāts, i.e. -tās added to i-stems or o-stems, later used freely. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.t̪äs] (stressed on the antepenult)

Suffix

-itās f (genitive -itātis); third declension

1. Alternative form of -tās

   ‎amārus (“bitter, pungent”) + ‎-itas → ‎amāritās (“bitterness”)

   ‎ūnus (“one”) + ‎-itas → ‎ūnitās (“unity, oneness”)

   ‎cīvis (“citizen”) + ‎-itas → ‎cīvitās (“citizenship”)

   ‎fidēlis (“faithful”) + ‎-itas → ‎fidēlitās (“fidelity, faithfulness”)

   ‎trīni (“three each”) + ‎-itas → ‎trīnitās (“trinity, threeness”)

   ‎vēlōx (“swift, quick”) + ‎-itas → ‎vēlōcitās (“velocity, swiftness”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-itās	-itātēs
genitive	-itātis	-itātum
dative	-itātī	-itātibus
accusative	-itātem	-itātēs
ablative	-itāte	-itātibus
vocative	-itās	-itātēs

Synonyms

• (-ness, -ity): -ia, -itia, -itiēs

Descendants

• Aromanian: -ãtati, -tati
• Asturian: -idá
• → Basque: -itate
• Catalan: -itat, -tat
• → Danish: -itet
• → Dutch: -iteit, -teit
  • → Indonesian: -itet
• French: -ité, -eté, -té
  • → English: -ity, -ty
    • → Malay: -iti
  • → Turkish: -ite
• Friulian: -itât, -tât
• → German: -ität
• → Indonesian: -itas
• Italian: -ità, -tà, -itade, -tade
• → Latvian: -itāte
• → Norwegian Bokmål: -itet
• → Bulgarian: -итет (-itet)
• Occitan: -itat, -ita
• Portuguese: -idade, -dade
• Romanian: -itate, -ătate, -tate
• Sicilian: -ità, -itati
• Spanish: -idad, -edad, -tad
• → Swedish: -itet

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.t̪äs]

Suffix

-ītās

1. accusative plural of -ītēs

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [iː.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.t̪äs]

Suffix

-ītās

1. accusative feminine plural of -ītus

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.t̪äs]

Suffix

-itās

1. accusative feminine plural of -itus

Portuguese

Suffix

-itas

1. plural of -ita

Spanish

Suffix

-itas

1. plural of -ita