The plural form of italian nouns ending in –ista
This suffix -ista derives from the greek language and forms nouns from nouns and adjectives which have the meaning of professions (tassista, dentista), person who normally realizes an activity (collezionista), person who has or shows an attitude (egoista, ottimista) and person who follows a doctrine or a movement (assolutista, socialista, anarchista) .
These nouns can be both masculine and feminine. We say: il farmacista and la farmacista
But for the plural form we have two forms:
-isti if the noun is masculine, example: i farmacisti, i dentisti
-iste if the noun is feminine, example: le farmaciste, le dentiste
Do you know other nouns with this suffix?
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