-uste
Radestrian
Etymology
Back-formation from kízuste (“diastase”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-uste inan (nominal, countable, genitive singular -ustisk, nominative plural -ustire, compound form -usti-, relational adjective -ustiș)
- (biochemistry) -ase, used to name enzymes
Inflection
| Declension of -uste (light) | |||
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| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -uste /-ɤstɛ/ |
-ustire /-ɤstirɛ/ |
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| vocative | -ustise /-ɤstisɛ/ |
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| genitive | proper | -ustisk /-ɤstisk/ |
-ustiris /-ɤstiris/ |
| constructive | -ustis /-ɤstis/ |
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| dative | -ustin /-ɤstin/ |
-ustirín /-ɤstiriːn/ |
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| accusative | -ustist /-ɤstist/ |
-ustirid /-ɤstirid/ |
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| instrumental | -ustivúr /-ɤstivuːr/ |
-ustiríe /-ɤstiriːɛ/ |
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Derived terms
- azmuste (“lactase”)
- levyvleuste (“ribonuclease”)
- rususte (“lipase”)
- strașuste (“amylase”)
- vervuste (“protease”)