-ire

== Irish == === Suffix === -ire m alternative form of -aire (“-er, -or”, agentive suffix) after a slender consonant == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin -ire. === Suffix === -ire used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of some Italian verbs ==== Usage notes ==== There are two groups of regular -ire verbs, one of which inserts isc between the stem and ending in the present tenses and in the imperative. these form the great majority of regular -ire verbs See dormire as an example of the conjugation of -ire verbs do and do not insert isc respectively The verb dire does not count, being technically an irregular second conjugation verb whose "normal" base is dic-. Fare (to do), has a similar phenomenon. ==== Conjugation ==== (with -isc- form) (without -isc- form) -ire verbs that do not insert isc -ire verbs that can be used with or without insertion of isc Irregular -ire verbs === See also === -are -ere === Further reading === Italian Grammar Handbook, Aust, D., 1994, Berlitz Publishing Co., Ltd. === Anagrams === eri, rei, rie, riè == Latin == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Italic *-jezi, in which z changed into r due to rhotacism. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Formed by analogy with -ere. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈiː.rɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.re] === Suffix === -īre present active infinitive of -iō (fourth conjugation)