-eiz
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin -ātus (part participle ending) + -īcius (adjective-forming suffix) due to rebracketing of the endings of words such as damnātīcius as one suffix.
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-eiz m (oblique and nominative feminine singular -eice)
- attaches usually but not exclusively to verbs to form adjectives or nouns
Derived terms
edit- acolëiz
- aguiseiz
- aloeiz
- arracheiz
- assembleiz
- baiseiz
- bateiz
- chaploteiz
- corneiz
- crieiz
- croisseiz
- defoleiz
- despeceiz
- doleiz
- enpaleiz
- escopeleiz
- escorcheiz
- femeiz
- fereiz
- foleiz
- froisseiz
- hordeiz
- josteiz
- lanceiz
- marteleiz
- peceiz
- peçoieiz
- perreiz
- pesteleiz
- plaigneiz
- plaisseiz
- plenteiz
- ploreiz
- poesteiz
- poigneiz
- resoneiz
- retenteiz
- roeilleiz
- rooigneiz
- soneiz
- sospireiz
- taboreiz
- traieiz
- trencheiz
- tueiz
Descendants
edit- French: -is
References
edit- Malkiel, Yakov. 1968. The Old French verbal abstracts in -eiz. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 102. 1–39.