-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
  • 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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