־סטווע

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Yiddish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish -stwo, Belarusian -ства (-stva), Russian and Ukrainian -ство (-stvo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *-ьstvo. Alternative form derives from the rebracketing when suffixed onto a word ending in -t, as seen in Belarusian -цтва (-ctva), Polish -ctwo, Ukrainian -цтво (-ctvo).

Suffix

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־סטווע (-stvef or n

  1. suffix appended to nouns or adjectives to create an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or state: -hood, -ness, -ship, -ity
    רב (reb, rabbi) + ‎־סטווע (-stve) → ‎רביסטווע (rebistve, rabinate)

Derived terms

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