-uste

Radestrian

Etymology

Back-formation from kízuste (“diastase”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ɤstɛ/
• Syllabification: -us–te

Suffix

-uste inan (nominal, countable, genitive singular -ustisk, nominative plural -ustire, compound form -usti-, relational adjective -ustiș)

1. (biochemistry) -ase, used to name enzymes

Inflection

Declension of -uste (light)
		singular	plural
nominative		-uste /-ɤstɛ/	-ustire /-ɤstirɛ/
vocative		-ustise /-ɤstisɛ/
genitive	proper	-ustisk /-ɤstisk/	-ustiris /-ɤstiris/
	constructive		-ustis /-ɤstis/
dative		-ustin /-ɤstin/	-ustirín /-ɤstiriːn/
accusative		-ustist /-ɤstist/	-ustirid /-ɤstirid/
instrumental		-ustivúr /-ɤstivuːr/	-ustiríe /-ɤstiriːɛ/

Derived terms

• azmuste (“lactase”)
• levyvleuste (“ribonuclease”)
• rususte (“lipase”)
• strașuste (“amylase”)
• vervuste (“protease”)