-ejar

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈd͡ʒaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns

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

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

• IPA^(key): /eˈdʒa/

-ejar

1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns

• -ear

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

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

1. -le (forms verbs with the frequentative aspect)

   Synonym: -ear

   ‎gota (“drop”) + ‎-ejar → ‎gotejar (“to drip”)

2. forms verbs meaning “to use, apply or perform [the suffixed noun]”

   ‎vela (“sail”) + ‎-ejar → ‎velejar (“to sail”)

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

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