nostras
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From noster + -ās (gentilic suffix).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɔsˈtraːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [nosˈtras]
The stress lies on the final syllable—an exception to the usual Latin stress rule—as a result of the contraction from -ātis.
Adjective
[edit]nostrās (genitive nostrātis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- of us, of our country, our native
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | nostrās | nostrātēs | nostrātia | ||
| genitive | nostrātis | nostrātium | |||
| dative | nostrātī | nostrātibus | |||
| accusative | nostrātem | nostrās | nostrātīs nostrātēs |
nostrātia | |
| ablative | nostrātī nostrāte |
nostrātī | nostrātibus | ||
| vocative | nostrās | nostrātēs | nostrātia | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- →⇒ German: Nostratisch
- →⇒ English: Nostratic
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɔs.traːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔs.tras]
Pronoun
[edit]nostrās
References
[edit]- “nostras”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nostras”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “nostras”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.