-ejar

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin -idiāre, popular counterpart to Latin -izāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein).

Compare French -oyer, Italian -eggiare, Occitan -ejar, Romanian -ez, Spanish and Portuguese -ear. Doublet of -itzar, borrowed from the 'proper' Latin form.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ejar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ejo, first-person singular preterite -egí, past participle -ejat)

  1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns

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Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin -idiāre, popular counterpart to Latin -izāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein). Compare French -oyer, Italian -eggiare, Catalan -ejar, Romanian -ez, Spanish and Portuguese -ear. Doublet of -isar, borrowed from the 'proper' Latin form.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ejar

  1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ejar, from Vulgar Latin -idiāre, popular counterpart to Latin -izāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein).

Compare French -oyer, Italian -eggiare, Occitan -ejar, Romanian -ez, Spanish and Spanish -ear. Doublet of -izar, borrowed from the 'proper' Latin form.

Pronunciation

 
 

Suffix

-ejar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ejo, first-person singular preterite -ejei, past participle -ejado)

  1. -le (forms verbs with the frequentative aspect)
    Synonym: -ear
    gota (drop) + ‎-ejar → ‎gotejar (to drip)
  2. forms verbs meaning “to use, apply or perform [the suffixed noun]”
    vela (sail) + ‎-ejar → ‎velejar (to sail)

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