-eiz

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin -ātus (part participle ending) + -īcius (adjective-forming suffix) due to rebracketing of the endings of words such as damnātīcius as one suffix.

Pronunciation

  • (archaic) IPA(key): /-əˈðits/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /-əˈits/
  • (late) IPA(key): /-(ə)ˈis/

Suffix

-eiz m (oblique and nominative feminine singular -eice)

  1. attaches usually but not exclusively to verbs to form adjectives or nouns

Derived terms

Old French terms suffixed with -eiz

Descendants

  • French: -is

References

  • Malkiel, Yakov. 1968. The Old French verbal abstracts in -eiz. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 102. 1–39.
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