-izia

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈit.tsja/, [ˈit̪͡s̪ːjä]
  • Hyphenation: -ì‧zia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin -itia[1], whence also Italian -ezza.

Suffix

-izia

  1. Used to form female abstract nouns derived from adjectives, that correspond to English words ending in -ship or -ness, like furbizia (“cleverness”), from furbo (“sly”) or pigrizia (“lazyness”), from pigro (“lazy”)
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Italian_words_suffixed_with_-izia' title='Category:Italian words suffixed with -izia'>Italian words suffixed with -izia</a>

References
  1. “-izia” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Suffix

-izia

  1. feminine singular of -izio
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