-idade

See also: idade

Galician

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Latin -itātem

Old Galician-Portuguese -idade

Galician -idade

-idade f (noun-forming suffix, plural -idades)

forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating the state, property or quality of conforming to the adjective’s description; -ity; -ness; -hood
‎auténtico (“authentic”) + ‎-idade → ‎autenticidade (“authenticity”)

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Latin -itātem

Old Galician-Portuguese -idade

Portuguese -idade

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈda.dɨ/ [iˈða.ðɨ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈda.dɨ/

-idade f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -idades)

forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating the state, property or quality of conforming to the adjective’s description; -ity; -ness; -hood
Synonyms: -or, -eza, -ez

‎desumano (“inhumane”) + ‎-idade → ‎desumanidade (“inhumanity”)
forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating something that has the given quality; -ity
‎côncavo (“concave”) + ‎-idade → ‎concavidade (“concavity”)

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

⟨-ão⟩ (as a non-verb suffix, including plurals) → ⟨-on-⟩
⟨-ã(o)-⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-(i)an-⟩, ⟨-am-⟩, or ⟨-(i)on-⟩, depending on the base word's etymology
⟨-m⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-n-⟩
⟨-vel⟩ (unstressed and adjectival, including plurals) → ⟨-bil-⟩
⟨-z⟩ (adjectival, including plurals) → ⟨-c-⟩