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-isti
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isti istí īsti Isti исти
Finnish
Etymology
Ultimately from fi grc -ιστής.
Pronunciation
When this suffix is preceded by a vowel, it usually causes a syllable break so that the i does not become part of a diphthong.
Suffix
noun
fi usually in loanwords -ist forms names of occupations from some nouns
fi viulu violin viulisti violinist
fi alttoviulu altto(viulu) viola altisti violist
fi usually in loanwords -ist supporter of an idea
fi rasisti racist
fi kommunisti communist
Declension
-ist a
-ist ä
Derived terms
fi
Anagrams
fi iist isit
Icelandic
Etymology
is grc -ιστής and is la -ista. Influenced by cognates in other European languages.
Suffix
@@
-ist
Declension
m
Italian
Etymology 1
From it la -īvisti (via la -īsti).it Patota Giuseppe Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano 2002 il Mulino Bologna 88-15-08638-2 145
Example: Italian it finisti, from Latin la finivisti.
Suffix
verb
used with a stem to form the second-person past historic of regular it -ire verbs
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
it -iste after feminine nouns
Suffix
noun m-p
it -ista after masculine nouns
References
Anagrams
it iist siti tisi
Latin
Etymology
From a probable Proto-Italic -istai, likely formed from merging the Proto-Indo-European second person singular aorist ending th₂e with an aorist stem -s-.
Suffix
la suffix la not sure if we do these
Used for the second person present perfect singular form of any regular verb.
Derived terms
la -āvistī
la -uistī
la -īvistī