-aglia

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʎ.ʎa/
• Rhymes: -aʎʎa
• Hyphenation: -à‧glia

Etymology 1

From Latin -ālia, the neuter plural of -ālis.

Suffix

-aglia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -aglie)

1. used to create female collective nouns, often pejorative

   ‎nuvola (“cloud”) + ‎-aglia → ‎nuvolaglia (“mass of clouds”)

   ‎cane (“dog”) + ‎-aglia → ‎canaglia (“scoundrel, rogue”)

   ‎gente (“people”) + ‎-aglia → ‎gentaglia (“rabble, scum”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -aglia

ammiraglia

anticaglia

attaccaglia

bordaglia

boscaglia

brodaglia

bruciaglia

canaglia

cernaglia

cianfrusaglia

ciurmaglia

ferraglia

fruttaglia

gentaglia

giovanaglia

granaglia

moraglia

muraglia

nuvolaglia

ortaglia

pattumaglia

pendaglio

plebaglia

pretaglia

ragazzaglia

ribaldaglia

sbirraglia

schermaglia

sgherraglia

spruzzaglia

sterpaglia

stramaglia

teppaglia

vestaglia

Etymology 2

Example of hypercorrection to hide the /ʎʎ/ → [jj] shift characteristic of Romanesco and other areas.

Suffix

-aglia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -aglie, masculine -aglio, masculine plural -agli)

1. (Romanesco, sometimes humorous) hypercorrect form of -aia

Anagrams

• -algia, Galia, algia, aliga