-izia

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈit.t͡sja/
  • Rhymes: -ittsja
  • Hyphenation: -ì‧zia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin -itia,[1] whence also Italian -ezza, which was inherited.

Suffix

-izia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -izie)

  1. added to adjectives to form abstract nouns; -ness, -ity, -ice, -ship
    ‎amico (“friend”) + ‎-izia → ‎amicizia (“friendship”)
    ‎giusto (“right, just”) + ‎-izia → ‎giustizia (“justice”)
    ‎furbo (“sly”) + ‎-izia → ‎furbizia (“slyness”)
Derived terms
Italian terms suffixed with -izia
furbizia
immondizia
ingiustizia
pigrizia
sporcizia

References

  1. ^ “-izia” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Suffix

-izia (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix)

  1. feminine singular of -izio
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