-icare

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See also: icare and Icare

Italian

Etymology

From the Latin verb ending -icāre. By surface analysis, -ic(o) (“-ic”, adjective-forming derivational suffix) +‎ -are (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: -i‧cà‧re

Suffix

-icàre (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ico, first-person singular past historic -icài, past participle -icàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. -ify; used to derive verbs related to a root noun or adjective
    ‎neve (“snow”) + ‎-icare → ‎nevicare (“to snow”)
    ‎decuplo (“tenfold, decuple”) + ‎-icare → ‎decuplicare (“to tenfold, decuple”)

Usage notes

  • In stem-stressed forms, the stress is on the antepenultimate vowel (the one preceding the -ic- suffix), e.g. névica "it is snowing", io decùplico "I multiply by ten".

Conjugation

    Conjugation of -icàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive -icàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund -icàndo
present participle -icànte past participle -icàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present -ico -ichi -ica -ichiàmo -icàte -icano
imperfect -icàvo -icàvi -icàva -icavàmo -icavàte -icàvano
past historic -icài -icàsti -icò -icàmmo -icàste -icàrono
future -icherò -icherài -icherà -icherémo -icheréte -icherànno
conditional -icherèi -icherésti -icherèbbe, -icherébbe -icherémmo -icheréste -icherèbbero, -icherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present -ichi -ichi -ichi -ichiàmo -ichiàte -ichino
imperfect -icàssi -icàssi -icàsse -icàssimo -icàste -icàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
-ica -ichi -ichiàmo -icàte -ichino
negative imperative non -icàre non -ichi non -ichiàmo non -icàte non -ichino

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -icare

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