-ear

See also: ear, EAR, éar, èar, and 'ear

Galician

Suffix

-ear

1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -ear

Related terms

• -izar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *-idiāre, *-izāre, which was formed after Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein), whence also -izar (re-borrowed from Latin later), Catalan -ejar, French -oyer, Italian -eggiare, Occitan -ejar, Romanian -ez, Spanish -ear.

Suffix

-ear

1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize

   ‎guerra (“war”) + ‎-ear → ‎guerrear (“to war”)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ear

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ar]

Suffix

-ear

1. Forming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, having’

   ‎slànaich (“heal, cure”, verb) + ‎-ear → ‎slànaighear (“healer, savior”)

2. Forming nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’

   ‎drùis (“lechery, licentiousness, lust”) + ‎-ear → ‎drùisear (“whoremonger, fornicator, lecher”)

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms suffixed with -ear

See also

• -iche
• -adair
• -air
• -aire

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• -iar (colloquial)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *-idiāre, *-izāre, which was formed after Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein), whence also -izar (re-borrowed from Latin later), Catalan -ejar, French -oyer, Italian -eggiare, Occitan -ejar, Romanian -ez, Portuguese -ear and -ejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈaɾ/ [eˈaɾ]

Suffix

-ear

1. forms verbs from adjectives, nouns and some pronouns, equivalent to English -ize

   ‎humo (“steam”) + ‎-ear → ‎humear (“to steam”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ear

Related terms

• -izar