-ità

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ita"

Italian

Etymology

From earlier Italian -itade ~ -itate, from Latin -itātem. Cognate with Sicilian -ità.

Suffix

-ità f (noun-forming suffix, invariable)

1. used to form abstract nouns that correspond to English words ending in -ity or -ness

Usage notes

• All are feminine and invariant.

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -ità

Anagrams

• -ati, TAI

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• -itati

Etymology

From the apocope of ― the now obosolete but still used ― -itati, from Latin -itātem. Compare Sicilian -itù. Cognate with Catalan -itat, Italian -itade/-ità, Portuguese -idade, Spanish -idad.

Suffix

-ità f

1. used to form abstract nouns that correspond to English words ending in -ity or -ness

   ‎veru (“true”) + ‎-ità → ‎virità (“truth”)

   ‎caru (“dear”) + ‎-ità → ‎carità (“compassion, charity”)

   ‎castu (“chaste”) + ‎-ità → ‎castità (“chastity”)

   ‎filici (“happy”) + ‎-ità → ‎filicità (“happiness”)

   ‎sicilianu (“Sicilian”) + ‎-ità → ‎sicilianità (“sicilianity”)

   ‎vastu (“vast”) + ‎-ità → ‎vastità (“vastity”)

   ‎viluci (“quick”) + ‎-ità → ‎vilucità (“velocity”)

Usage notes

• All are feminine and invariant.

Derived terms

Sicilian terms suffixed with -ità

Related terms

• -enza
• -izza

 

See also

• -ara
• -aru
• -atu
• -eri
• -ettu
• itati
• -ittu
• -itu
• ità
• -utu