-aglia

Forms

-aglia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -aglie)^[1]

Etymology

It is inherited from Latin -ālia, the neuter plural of the adjectival suffix -ālis.^[2][3][4][1] The collective sense comes from the plural ending of neuter nouns and adjectives with a stem in ⟨-al-⟩.^[5][4][6] In Latin this plural was already used to form nouns of its own.^[1]

Meanings

Suffix

1. Forms feminine nouns with a collective sense, often pejorative, from nouns and adjectives: boscaglia, gentaglia, muraglia, nuvolaglia, frattaglia.^{[2][3][5][4][6][1]}
2. Especially for contemptuous collectives: plebaglia, canaglia, brodaglia, ferraglia.^[2][3][5]

Word family

• boscaglia
• gentaglia
• muraglia
• nuvolaglia
• frattaglia
• plebaglia
• canaglia
• brodaglia
• ferraglia

Related words

• Latin -alis

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Nocentini, Alberto; Parenti, Alessandro (2010), l'Etimologico: vocabolario della lingua italiana, Firenze: Le Monnier
3. ^ a b c Devoto, Giacomo; Oli, Gian Carlo; Serianni, Luca; Trifone, Maurizio (2026), Nuovo Devoto–Oli: il vocabolario dell'italiano contemporaneo, digital ed., Milano: Le Monnier
4. ^ a b c Zingarelli, Nicola (2009), Lo Zingarelli 2010: vocabolario della lingua italiana, Bologna: Zanichelli
5. ^ a b c Sabatini, Francesco; Coletti, Vittorio; Manfredini, Manuela (2026), Dizionario italiano Sabatini Coletti, digital ed., Milano: Sansoni / Rizzoli Larousse
6. ^ a b Duro, Aldo (ed.) (1986–1994), Vocabolario della lingua italiana, Roma: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana; online ed. treccani.it/vocabolario (2008 copy)