-eiz

Old French Alternative forms fro -ediz archaic fro -ëis late Etymology fro :af la:-ātus<id:adjective> la:-īcius<id:long> From fro la -ātus part participle ending + la -īcius long adjective-forming suffix due to rebracketing of the endings of words such as la damnātīcius as one suffix. Pronunciation fro /-əˈðits/ archaic fro /-əˈits/ classical fro /-(ə)ˈis/ late Suffix -eice attaches usually but not exclusively to verbs to form adjectives or nouns Derived terms fro fro acolëiz arracheiz assembleiz aguiseiz aloeiz bateiz croisseiz pesteleiz baiseiz lanceiz trencheiz defoleiz foleiz froisseiz plenteiz poesteiz doleiz enpaleiz escorcheiz femeiz hordeiz plaisseiz roeilleiz rooigneiz chaploteiz corneiz crieiz despeceiz escopeleiz fereiz josteiz marteleiz peceiz peçoieiz perreiz plaigneiz ploreiz poigneiz soneiz resoneiz sospireiz taboreiz traieiz tueiz retenteiz Descendants fr -is References Malkiel, Yakov. 1968. The Old French verbal abstracts in -eiz. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 102. 1–39.