Portuguese

Suffix

-ear

1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize

   guerra ‎(“war”) + ‎-ear → ‎guerrear ‎(“to war”)

Derived terms

Related terms

• -izar

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ar]

Suffix

-ear

1. Forming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, having’

   slànaich ‎(“heal, cure”, verb) + ‎-ear → ‎slànaighear ‎(“healer, savior”)

2. Forming nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’

   drùis ‎(“lechery, licentiousness, lust”) + ‎-ear → ‎drùisear ‎(“whoremonger, fornicator, lecher”)

Derived terms

See also

• -iche
• -adair
• -air
• -aire

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin -idiāre, -izāre, which was formed after Ancient Greek -ίζειν ‎(-ízein), whence also Spanish -izar (re-borrowed from Latin later), Catalan -ejar, French -oyer, Italian -eggiare, Occitan -ejar, Romanian -ez, Portuguese -ear and -ejar.

Suffix

-ear

1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize

   humo ‎(“steam”) + ‎-ear → ‎humear ‎(“to steam”)

Derived terms

Related terms

• -izar