"-es" meaning in Portuguese

See -es in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Latin -ēs (2nd conj.), -is (3rd conj.), -īs (4th conj.). Etymology templates: {{etymid|pt|conj}}, {{inh|pt|la|-ēs|pos=2nd conj.}} Latin -ēs (2nd conj.)
  1. forms the 2ⁿᵈ-person singular present indicative of 2ⁿᵈ and 3ʳᵈ conjugation verbs Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-pt-suffix-5EtufESb Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 25 23 5 22 25
  2. forms the 2ⁿᵈ-person singular present subjunctive of 1ˢᵗ conjugation verbs Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-pt-suffix-raD28Q0Z Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 25 23 5 22 25
  3. forms the 2ⁿᵈ-person singular negative imperative of 1ˢᵗ conjugation verbs Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-pt-suffix-f4zvWTz-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: From Latin -ēs (accusative plural of masculine and feminine 3rd-declension nouns) Etymology templates: {{etymid|pt|plural}}, {{inh|pt|la|-ēs|pos=accusative plural of masculine and feminine 3rd-declension nouns}} Latin -ēs (accusative plural of masculine and feminine 3rd-declension nouns)
  1. forms the plural of nouns and adjectives ending in -r, -z, stressed -s and of some ending in -n Tags: feminine, masculine, morpheme, plural
    Sense id: en--es-pt-suffix-uz3z14EL Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 25 23 5 22 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese -ez, further origins unknown. The preferred options are that it was either an internal innovation (from a reanalysis of the genitive in names ending with -ricus, i.e. -rici, as naming suffix) or a borrowing from pre-Roman languages (given the various forms the suffix took in the Middle Ages). Compare Spanish -ez. Etymology templates: {{etymid|pt|patronym}}, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|-ez}} Old Galician-Portuguese -ez, {{cog|es|-ez}} Spanish -ez Head templates: {{pt-proper noun|mfbysense}} -es m or f by sense (proper noun-forming suffix)
  1. (no longer productive) -son (a suffix added to a given name to form a patronymic surname) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, idiomatic, masculine, morpheme Related terms: -s [alternative]
    Sense id: en--es-pt-suffix-Nt4DjOK9 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese masculine and feminine suffixes by sense, Portuguese suffixes with multiple genders Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 25 23 5 22 25 Disambiguation of Portuguese masculine and feminine suffixes by sense: 18 13 6 23 40 Disambiguation of Portuguese suffixes with multiple genders: 18 11 9 26 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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          "text": "Fernando + -es → Fernandes (“son of Fernando”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "Henrique + -es → Henriques (“son of Henrique”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "Martim + -es → Martins (“son of Martim”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "Rodrigo + -es → Rodrigues (“son of Rodrigo”)"
        }
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        },
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Download raw JSONL data for -es meaning in Portuguese (4.9kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-es"
  ],
  "section": "Portuguese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-es",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: non-lemma form of noun-forming suffix or adjective-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-es"
  ],
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}

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