-eiz

Old French

Alternative forms

  • -ediz (archaic)
  • -ëis (late)

Etymology

    From Latin -ātus (part participle ending) + -īcius (adjective-forming suffix) due to rebracketing of the endings of words such as damnātīcius as one suffix.

    Pronunciation

    • (archaic) IPA(key): /-əˈðits/
    • (classical) IPA(key): /-əˈits/
    • (late) IPA(key): /-(ə)ˈis/

    Suffix

    -eiz m (oblique and nominative feminine singular -eice)

    1. attaches usually but not exclusively to verbs to form adjectives or nouns

    Derived terms

    Old French terms suffixed with -eiz
    abateiz
    coleiz
    leveiz
    logeiz
    mesleiz
    ploieiz
    tailleiz
    torneiz
    • acolëiz
    • aguiseiz
    • aloeiz
    • arracheiz
    • assembleiz
    • baiseiz
    • bateiz
    • chaploteiz
    • corneiz
    • crieiz
    • croisseiz
    • defoleiz
    • despeceiz
    • doleiz
    • enpaleiz
    • escopeleiz
    • escorcheiz
    • femeiz
    • fereiz
    • foleiz
    • froisseiz
    • hordeiz
    • josteiz
    • lanceiz
    • marteleiz
    • peceiz
    • peçoieiz
    • perreiz
    • pesteleiz
    • plaigneiz
    • plaisseiz
    • plenteiz
    • ploreiz
    • poesteiz
    • poigneiz
    • resoneiz
    • retenteiz
    • roeilleiz
    • rooigneiz
    • soneiz
    • sospireiz
    • taboreiz
    • traieiz
    • trencheiz
    • tueiz

    Descendants

    • French: -is

    References

    • Malkiel, Yakov. 1968. The Old French verbal abstracts in -eiz. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 102. 1–39.
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