-ejar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -itzar, which was borrowed. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈʒa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [eˈd͡ʒaɾ] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Suffix === -ejar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ejo, first-person singular preterite -egí, past participle -ejat) forms verbs from adjectives and nouns ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== -itzar -eig (action and effect of an -ejar verb) == Occitan == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -izar, which was borrowed. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eˈdʒa/ === Suffix === -ejar forms verbs from adjectives and nouns ==== Derived terms ==== == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === -ear === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese -ejar, inherited from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -izar, which was borrowed. === Pronunciation === === Suffix === -ejar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ejo, first-person singular preterite -ejei, past participle -ejado) -le (forms verbs with the frequentative aspect) Synonym: -ear ‎gota (“drop”) + ‎-ejar → ‎gotejar (“to drip”) forms verbs meaning “to use, apply or perform [the suffixed noun]” ‎vela (“sail”) + ‎-ejar → ‎velejar (“to sail”) ==== Usage notes ==== The following ending(s) change(s) in words appended with this suffix: ⟨-ição⟩ (being part of a hiatus in feminine nouns, including plurals) → ⟨-(i)cion-⟩ ⟨-ção⟩, ⟨-são⟩ (in feminine nouns, including plurals) → ⟨-cion-⟩, ⟨-sion-⟩ ⟨-ão⟩ (as a non-verb suffix, including plurals) → ⟨-on-⟩ ⟨-ã(o)-⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-(i)an-⟩, ⟨-am-⟩, or ⟨-(i)on-⟩, depending on the base word's etymology ⟨-m⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-n-⟩ ⟨-z⟩ (in some nouns from Latin, including plurals) → ⟨-c(i)-⟩ ⟨-dade⟩ (as a noun suffix, including plurals) → ⟨-t-⟩ ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ejar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “-ejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026