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-ejar

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -itzar, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈʒa]

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈd͡ʒaɾ]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Suffix

-ejar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ejo, first-person singular preterite -egí, past participle -ejat)

forms verbs from adjectives and nouns

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -ejar

Related terms

-itzar
-eig (action and effect of an -ejar verb)

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Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -izar, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eˈdʒa/

Suffix

-ejar

forms verbs from adjectives and nouns

Derived terms

Occitan terms suffixed with -ejar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

-ear

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ejar, inherited from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -izar, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈʒa(ʁ)/ [eˈʒa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eˈʒa(ʁ)/ [eˈʒa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈʒa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɨˈʒaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɨˈʒa.ɾi/

Suffix

-ejar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ejo, first-person singular preterite -ejei, past participle -ejado)

-le (forms verbs with the frequentative aspect)
Synonym: -ear

‎gota (“drop”) + ‎-ejar → ‎gotejar (“to drip”)
forms verbs meaning “to use, apply or perform [the suffixed noun]”
‎vela (“sail”) + ‎-ejar → ‎velejar (“to sail”)

Usage notes

The following ending(s) change(s) in words appended with this suffix:

⟨-ição⟩ (being part of a hiatus in feminine nouns, including plurals) → ⟨-(i)cion-⟩
⟨-ção⟩, ⟨-são⟩ (in feminine nouns, including plurals) → ⟨-cion-⟩, ⟨-sion-⟩
⟨-ão⟩ (as a non-verb suffix, including plurals) → ⟨-on-⟩
⟨-ã(o)-⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-(i)an-⟩, ⟨-am-⟩, or ⟨-(i)on-⟩, depending on the base word's etymology
⟨-m⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-n-⟩
⟨-z⟩ (in some nouns from Latin, including plurals) → ⟨-c(i)-⟩
⟨-dade⟩ (as a noun suffix, including plurals) → ⟨-t-⟩

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

More information Singular, Plural ...

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

Further reading

“-ejar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
“-ejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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