-tas

From Dutch -teit influenced by Latin -tās

• IPA^(key): /ˈ-tas/
• Hyphenation: tas
• IPA^(key): /ˈtas/, [ˈt̪as]

-tas

1. -ness, -ity

   Synonym: ke- -an

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /taːs/, [t̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tas/, [t̪äs]

From Proto-Italic *-tāts, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, whence also Attic Greek -της (-tēs), Doric Greek -τᾱς (-tās), and Sanskrit -ताति (-tāti). See also -tūs.

-tās f (genitive -tātis); third declension

1. -ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Used to form feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being.

   Synonyms: -ia, -itia, -tūdō

The suffix -tās is added to an adjective (or sometimes a noun) to form an abstract third declension feminine noun indicating a state or condition.

Examples:

‎potis (“able”) + ‎-tas → ‎potestās (“ability”)

‎difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”) + ‎-tas → ‎difficultās (“difficulty, trouble”)

‎līber (“free”) + ‎-tas → ‎lībertās (“liberty, freedom”)

‎aevum (“infinite time”) + ‎-tas → ‎aetās (“lifetime”)

It has two allomorphs:

-itās

‎viduus + ‎-tas → ‎viduitās (“widowhood”)

‎magnanimus + ‎-tas → ‎magnanimitās (“magnanimity”)

‎alacer + ‎-tas → ‎alacritās (“cheerfulness”)

-etās

‎proprius + ‎-tas → ‎proprietās (“quality, property”)

‎medius + ‎-tas → ‎medietās (“midpoint”)

‎satis + ‎-tas → ‎satietās (“sufficiency”)

Third-declension noun.

From Proto-Italic *-tā, from Proto-Indo-European *-tweh₂.

-tās

1. feminine accusative plural of -tus