"-aglia" meaning in Italian

See -aglia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈaʎ.ʎa/ Forms: -aglie [plural]
Rhymes: -aʎʎa Etymology: From Latin -ālia, the neuter plural of -ālis. Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:inh|la:-ālis<alt:-ālia><id:adjectivizing suffix>}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*h₂élis", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "-aglia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="-aglia">, {{inh|it|la|-ālia}} Latin -ālia Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} -aglia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -aglie)
  1. used to create female collective nouns, often pejorative Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--aglia-it-suffix-OejDXaOH Categories (other): Italian links with redundant target parameters, Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ˈaʎ.ʎa/ Forms: -aglie [plural], -aglio [masculine], -agli [masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -aʎʎa Etymology: Example of hypercorrection to hide the /ʎʎ/ → [jj] shift characteristic of Romanesco and other areas. Etymology templates: {{lg|hypercorrection}} hypercorrection, {{ic|/ʎʎ/}} /ʎʎ/, {{ic|􂀿jj􂁀}} [jj] Head templates: {{it-noun|f|+|m=+|mpl=+}} -aglia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -aglie, masculine -aglio, masculine plural -agli)
  1. (Rome, sometimes humorous) hypercorrect form of -aia Tags: feminine, form-of, humorous, hypercorrect, morpheme, sometimes Form of: -aia
    Sense id: en--aglia-it-suffix-L6jZVEoG Categories (other): Italian hypercorrections, Roman Italian
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "-ālia",
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    ],
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      "-ālis",
      "-alis#Latin"
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      "expansion": "Latin -ālia",
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        },
        {
          "text": "cane (“dog”) + -aglia → canaglia (“scoundrel, rogue”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "gente (“people”) + -aglia → gentaglia (“rabble, scum”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaʎ.ʎa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʎʎa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-aglia"
}

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    },
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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-aglia"
  ],
  "section": "Italian",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-aglia",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
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