substantia

substantia

Interlingua

Etymology

    Borrowed from English substance, French substance, Italian sostànza, Spanish sustancia and Portuguese substância; all from Latin substantia. Compare German Substanz and Russian субста́нция (substáncija).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /subˈstan.sja/
    • Rhymes: -ansja
    • Hyphenation: sub‧stan‧tia

    Noun

    substantia (plural substantias)

    1. substance
      in substantiain substance

    Latin

    Etymology 1

      From substantis + -ia. Compare Ancient Greek ῠ̔πόκειμαι (hŭpókeimai).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      substantia f (genitive substantiae); first declension

      1. substance, essence, material, contents
      2. fortune, property, possessions
      Declension

      First-declension noun.

      singular plural
      nominative substantia substantiae
      genitive substantiae substantiārum
      dative substantiae substantiīs
      accusative substantiam substantiās
      ablative substantiā substantiīs
      vocative substantia substantiae
      Derived terms
      Descendants

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Pronunciation

      Participle

      substantia

      1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of substāns

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