-ejar

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [eˈd͡ʒaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -ejar

Related terms

• -itzar

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

• IPA^(key): /eˈdʒa/

Suffix

-ejar

1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns

Derived terms

Occitan terms suffixed with -ejar

Related terms

• -isar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• -ear

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈʒa(ʁ)/ [eˈʒa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈʒa(ʁ)/ [eˈʒa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eˈʒa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eˈʒa(ʁ)/ [eˈʒa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈʒa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɨˈʒaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɨˈʒaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɨˈʒa.ɾi/

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”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of -ejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	-ejar
Personal	-ejar	-ejares	-ejar	-ejarmos	-ejardes	-ejarem
Gerund
	-ejando
Past participle
Masculine	-ejado			-ejados
Feminine	-ejada			-ejadas
Indicative
Present	-ejo	-ejas	-eja	-ejamos	-ejais	-ejam
Imperfect	-ejava	-ejavas	-ejava	-ejávamos	-ejáveis	-ejavam
Preterite	-ejei	-ejaste	-ejou	-ejamos1, -ejámos2	-ejastes	-ejaram
Pluperfect	-ejara	-ejaras	-ejara	-ejáramos	-ejáreis	-ejaram
Future	-ejarei	-ejarás	-ejará	-ejaremos	-ejareis	-ejarão
Conditional	-ejaria	-ejarias	-ejaria	-ejaríamos	-ejaríeis	-ejariam
Subjunctive
Present	-eje	-ejes	-eje	-ejemos	-ejeis	-ejem
Imperfect	-ejasse	-ejasses	-ejasse	-ejássemos	-ejásseis	-ejassem
Future	-ejar	-ejares	-ejar	-ejarmos	-ejardes	-ejarem
Imperative
Affirmative		-eja	-eje	-ejemos	-ejai	-ejem
Negative (não)		não -ejes	não -eje	não -ejemos	não -ejeis	não -ejem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ejar