-ear

-ear

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

From Old 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.

-ear

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

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

• -izar

• IPA^(key): [ar]

-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”)

• -iche
• -adair
• -air
• -aire

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.

• IPA^(key): /eˈaɾ/

-ear

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

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

• -izar