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Italian
Etymology
From Latin -iculāre.
Suffix
-icchiàre (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ìcchio, first-person singular past historic -icchiài, past participle -icchiàto, auxiliary avére)
- used to derive verbs with a frequentative connotation
- bere (“to drink”) + -icchiare → bevicchiare (“to drink often or excessively”)
- used to derive verbs with a diminutive connotation
- dormire (“to sleep”) + -icchiare → dormicchiare (“to doze”)
- campare (“to live, to get by”) + -icchiare → campicchiare (“to scrape by, to barely get by”)
Conjugation
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Further reading
- -icchiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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