-ācija

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Latin -atio; found only in words borrowed from other languages (compare English -ation, French -ation, Spanish -ación, Portuguese -ação, German -azion, Italian -zione).

Suffix[edit]

-ācija

  1. Usually added to foreign verbs to form nouns of actions or processes, like English -ation, -tion.

Derived terms[edit]