-aches

Galician

Alternative forms

• -ache

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -asche, alternative (Galician) form of -aste, from Latin -āstī, short counterpart to -āvistī. Cognate with Portuguese -aste and Spanish -aste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈat͡ʃɪs]

Suffix

-aches

1. forms the second-person singular preterite indicative of a verb in -ar

   ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-aches → ‎amaches (“[you] loved”)

   ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-aches → ‎cantaches (“[you] sang”)

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “asche”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “-aches”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega