prostata
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈprostata]
- Hyphenation: pro‧s‧ta‧ta
Declension
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprostɑtɑ/, [ˈpro̞s̠tɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ostɑtɑ
- Syllabification(key): pros‧ta‧ta
Usage notes
With the exception of nominative, the word is seldom used in plural as the plural does not really fit into any declension category.
Declension
| Inflection of prostata (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | prostata | prostatat | ||
| genitive | prostatan | prostatoiden prostatoitten prostatojen | ||
| partitive | prostataa | prostatoita prostatoja | ||
| illative | prostataan | prostatoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | prostata | prostatat | ||
| accusative | nom. | prostata | prostatat | |
| gen. | prostatan | |||
| genitive | prostatan | prostatoiden prostatoitten prostatojen prostatainrare | ||
| partitive | prostataa | prostatoita prostatoja | ||
| inessive | prostatassa | prostatoissa | ||
| elative | prostatasta | prostatoista | ||
| illative | prostataan | prostatoihin | ||
| adessive | prostatalla | prostatoilla | ||
| ablative | prostatalta | prostatoilta | ||
| allative | prostatalle | prostatoille | ||
| essive | prostatana | prostatoina | ||
| translative | prostataksi | prostatoiksi | ||
| instructive | — | prostatoin | ||
| abessive | prostatatta | prostatoitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- prostaattinen
- prostatalgia
- prostatektomia
- prostatiitti
- prostatismi
- prostatomegalia
- prostatovesikuliitti
Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Maltese: prostata
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpros.ta.ta/, [ˈprɔs̠t̪ät̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpros.ta.ta/, [ˈprɔst̪ät̪ä]
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prostata | prostatae |
| Genitive | prostatae | prostatārum |
| Dative | prostatae | prostatīs |
| Accusative | prostatam | prostatās |
| Ablative | prostatā | prostatīs |
| Vocative | prostata | prostatae |
Descendants
- → Catalan: pròstata (learned)
- → Czech: prostata
- → Dutch: prostaat
- → Finnish: prostata
- → Middle French: prostate (learned)
- → German: Prostata
- → Interlingua: prostata
- → Italian: prostata (learned)
- → Maltese: prostata
- → Lithuanian: prostata
- → Norwegian Bokmål: prostata
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: prostata
- → Portuguese: próstata (learned)
- → Serbo-Croatian: pròstata
- → Slovak: prostata
- → Slovene: prostata
- → Spanish: próstata
- → Swedish: prostata
Lithuanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | pròstata | pròstatos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | pròstatos | pròstatų |
| dative (naudininkas) | pròstatai | pròstatoms |
| accusative (galininkas) | pròstatą | pròstatas |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | pròstata | pròstatomis |
| locative (vietininkas) | pròstatoje | pròstatose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | pròstata | pròstatos |
Synonyms
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prɔsˈtaː.ta/
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs).
Noun
prostata m (definite singular prostataen, indefinite plural prostataer, definite plural prostataene)
- (anatomy) prostate, prostate gland
- (informal, inflammation) prostatitis
Synonyms
- blærehalskjertel
References
- “prostata” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “prostata” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs).
Noun
prostata m (definite singular prostataen, indefinite plural prostataer or prostataar, definite plural prostataene or prostataane)
- (anatomy) prostate, prostate gland
- (informal, inflammation) prostatitis
Synonyms
- blærehalskjertel
References
- “prostata” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French prostate, from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs), from πρό (pró) + ἵστημι (hístēmi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prɔsˈta.ta/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: pros‧ta‧ta
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈprostata]
Noun
prostata f (genitive singular prostaty, nominative plural prostaty, genitive plural prostát, declension pattern of žena)
- (anatomy) prostate, prostate gland
- Synonym: predstojná žľaza
Declension
References
- prostata in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Slovene
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /próːstata/
Inflection
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | próstata | ||
| gen. sing. | próstate | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
próstata | próstati | próstate |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
próstate | próstat | próstat |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
próstati | próstatama | próstatam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
próstato | próstati | próstate |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
próstati | próstatah | próstatah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
próstato | próstatama | próstatami |
Synonyms
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of prostata | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | prostata | prostatan | prostator | prostatorna |
| Genitive | prostatas | prostatans | prostators | prostatornas |