-ear

== Galician == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ear, from Late Latin -izāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō), from Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti, from *-id- + *-yéti. Doublet of -izar, which was borrowed. === Suffix === -ear (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -eo, first-person singular preterite -eei, past participle -eado) forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== -izar == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ear, from Late Latin -izāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō), from Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti, from *-id- + *-yéti. Doublet of -izar, which was borrowed. === Pronunciation === === Suffix === -ear (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -eio, first-person singular preterite -eei, past participle -eado) forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize ‎guerra (“war”) + ‎-ear → ‎guerrear (“to war”) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “-ear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Scottish Gaelic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ar] === Suffix === -ear 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”) Forming nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’ ‎drùis (“lechery, licentiousness, lust”) + ‎-ear → ‎drùisear (“whoremonger, fornicator, lecher”) ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === -iche -adair -air -aire == Spanish == === Alternative forms === -iar (colloquial) === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -izar, which was borrowed. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eˈaɾ/ [eˈaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: -e‧ar === Suffix === -ear (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -eo, first-person singular preterite -eé, past participle -eado) forms verbs from adjectives, nouns and some pronouns ‎humo (“steam”) + ‎-ear → ‎humear (“to steam”) ==== Usage notes ==== The suffix is usually used for loanwords and proper nouns which are used in the form of a verb instead. ‎Google + ‎-ear → ‎googlear (“to google”) ‎Facebook + ‎-ear → ‎facebookear (“to go on Facebook”) ‎cache + ‎-ear → ‎cachear (“to cache”) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “-ear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025