-ía
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ia"
Spanish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Latin -(i)ēbam (first person) and -(i)ēbat (third person).
Suffix
[edit]-ía (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- forms the first-person singular imperfect indicative of -er and -ir verbs
- forms the third-person singular imperfect indicative of -er and -ir verbs
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ía f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ías)
- forms nouns, from adjectives, denoting states, conditions and qualities; -ness; -ity; -y; -hood
- (medicine) forms the names of medical conditions; -y; -ia
- forms the names of offices or jobs; -ship
- (geography) forms the names of places from their inhabitants; -ia
Further reading
[edit]- “-ía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014