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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro, from Latin -ārius and -ārium, with metathesis of "i" (through a Vulgar Latin form *-airu). Compare Portuguese -eiro, Spanish -ero.

Suffix

-eiro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eiros, feminine -eira, feminine plural -eiras)

forms nouns from nouns or verbs, denoting someone who works with the suffixed noun or engages in the suffixed verb; -er; -eer
‎xardín (“garden”) + ‎-eiro → ‎xardineiro (“gardener”)
forms nouns, from nouns denoting a location or type of location, meaning “someone from the location” and adjectives meaning “of, from or related to the location”
‎costa (“coast”) + ‎-eiro → ‎costeiro (“of the coast; someone who lives by the coast”)
forms nouns from the names of fruits or other plant products, denoting the plant bearing them, usually trees and shrubs
‎pexego (“peach fruit”) + ‎-eiro → ‎pexegueiro (“peach tree”)
forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a container or a place where there is plenty of the suffixed noun
‎roupa (“clothes”) + ‎-eiro → ‎roupeiro (“wardrobe”)

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -eiro

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

-ejro, -eyro

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ārius, a nominalization of -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āsios, from *-āsijos, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós, from *-eh₂so- + *-yós.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈejɾo/
Rhymes: -ejɾo
Hyphenation: -ei‧ro

Suffix

-eiro m (feminine -eira)

forms nouns from nouns, denoting someone who works or is involved with the suffixed noun
‎guerra (“war”) + ‎-eiro → ‎guerreiro (“warrior”)

Derived terms

Old Galician-Portuguese terms suffixed with -eiro

Descendants

Fala: -eiru
Galician: -eiro
Portuguese: -eiro
- Macanese: -êro

Further reading

Viñas, Xoán López (2015), “-eiro”, in “Dicionario de afixos e voces afixadas do galego medieval [Dictionary of Medieval Galician's affixes and affixed terms]”, in Revista Galega de Filoloxía‎^[1] (in Galician), volume 8, A Coruña: UDC, →ISBN, page 135

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro, from Latin -ārius and -ārium, with metathesis of "i" (through a Vulgar Latin form *-airu). Compare Galician -eiro, Spanish -ero. Doublet of the borrowed suffix -ário.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe(j).ɾu/ [ˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɾu/

Rhymes: -ejɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu

Suffix

-eiro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eiros, feminine -eira, feminine plural -eiras)

forms nouns from nouns or verbs, denoting someone who works with the suffixed noun or engages in the suffixed verb; -er; -eer
Synonyms: -ário, -dor, -ista

‎cozinha (“kitchen”) + ‎-eiro → ‎cozinheiro (“cook”)

‎aventura (“adventure”) + ‎-eiro → ‎aventureiro (“adventurer”)

‎companhia (“company”) + ‎-eiro → ‎companheiro (“companion”)
forms nouns, from nouns denoting a location or type of location, meaning “someone from the location”
Synonyms: -ano, -ão, -ense, -ês, -iço

‎Brasil (“Brazil”) + ‎-eiro → ‎brasileiro (“Brazilian”)

‎costa (“coast”) + ‎-eiro → ‎costeiro (“someone who lives by the coast”)
forms nouns from the names of fruits or other plant products, denoting the plant bearing them, usually trees and shrubs
Synonym: pé-de-

‎pêssego (“peach fruit”) + ‎-eiro → ‎pessegueiro (“peach tree”)

‎rosa (“rose”) + ‎-eira → ‎roseira (“rosebush”)
(usually feminine) forms nouns, from nouns or adjectives, denoting a state, property or quality of being the suffixed adjective or having the suffixed noun; -ity, -ness
Synonyms: -eza, -ice

‎sujo (“filthy”) + ‎-eira → ‎sujeira (“filth”)

‎besta (“foolish”) + ‎-eira → ‎besteira (“foolery”)

‎nojo (“disgust”) + ‎-eira → ‎nojeira (“something disgusting”)
forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a place where there is plenty of the suffixed noun
Synonym: -al

‎lama (“mud”) + ‎-eiro → ‎lameiro (“place with a lot of mud”)
forms nouns, from verbs, denoting a place where the suffixed verb is likely to occur
Synonym: -douro

‎atolar (“to bog down”) + ‎-eiro → ‎atoleiro (“place where vehicles bog down frequently”)
forms the names of trees, often synonyms
‎carvalho (“oak”) + ‎-eira → ‎carvalheira (“English oak”)

‎azinho (“holm oak”) + ‎-eira → ‎azinheira (“holm oak”)

‎pinho (“pine tree”) + ‎-eiro → ‎pinheiro (“pine tree”)
forms nouns from nouns, denoting a container for the suffixed noun
‎lápis (“pencil”) + ‎-eiro → ‎lapiseiro (“pencil case”)

‎sal (“salt”) + ‎-eiro → ‎saleiro (“salt cellar”)
forms adjectives meaning “which transports the suffixed noun”, and nouns meaning “a ship which transports the suffixed noun”
‎carga (“cargo; load”) + ‎-eiro → ‎cargueiro (“cargo ship”)

‎navio (“ship”) + ‎negro (“black person”) + ‎-eiro → ‎navio-negreiro (“slave ship”)

‎petróleo (“petroleum”) + ‎-eiro → ‎petroleiro (“oil tanker”)
forms nouns, from the name of a drug, denoting someone who is addicted to the drug; -head
‎maconha (“marijuana”) + ‎-eiro → ‎maconheiro (“stoner; pothead”)
forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a fan of the suffixed noun
‎metal (“heavy metal”) + ‎-eiro → ‎metaleiro (“metalhead”)

‎novela (“soap opera”) + ‎-eiro → ‎noveleiro (“fan of soap operas”)

Suffix

-eiro (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -eira, masculine plural -eiros, feminine plural -eiras)

forms adjectives meaning “of, from or related to the location”
Synonyms: -ano, -ão, -ense, -ês, -iço

‎Brasil (“Brazil”) + ‎-eiro → ‎brasileiro (“Brazilian”)

‎costa (“coast”) + ‎-eiro → ‎costeiro (“of the coast”)
forms adjectives meaning “which transports the suffixed noun”
‎carga (“cargo; load”) + ‎-eiro → ‎cargueiro (“which transports cargo”)
forms adjectives, from nouns, denoting a fan of the suffixed noun
‎metal (“heavy metal”) + ‎-eiro → ‎metaleiro (“metalhead (relational)”)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -eiro

Related terms

-ário

Descendants

Macanese: -êro

Further reading

“-eiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“-eiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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