-eiz

Old French

Alternative forms

• -ediz (archaic)
• -ëis (late)

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

• 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

• French: -is

References

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