-ισμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Rebracketing of the suffix -μός (-mós) appended to verbs in -ίζω (-ízō) / -ίζομαι (-ízomai), such as in λογισμός (logismós) (λογίζομαι (logízomai) + -μός (-mós)).

Pronunciation
 

Suffix

-ισμός • (-ismós) m (genitive -ισμοῦ); second declension

  1. Forms abstract nouns.

Declension
Second declension of -ισμός; -ισμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -ισμός
-ismós		 -ισμώ
-ismṓ		 -ισμοί
-ismoí
Genitive -ισμοῦ
-ismoû		 -ισμοῖν
-ismoîn		 -ισμῶν
-ismôn
Dative -ισμῷ
-ismôi		 -ισμοῖν
-ismoîn		 -ισμοῖς
-ismoîs
Accusative -ισμόν
-ismón		 -ισμώ
-ismṓ		 -ισμούς
-ismoús
Vocative -ισμέ
-ismé		 -ισμώ
-ismṓ		 -ισμοί
-ismoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ισμός

Descendants
  • → Latin: -ismus

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós).

Suffix

-ισμός • (-ismós) m

  1. A suffix that forms abstract nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine.

Derived terms
  • Category:Greek terms suffixed with -ισμός
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