-i.

This is a verb-suffix, marking the infinitive of a “living” conjugation.

bourgau, civil. abourgali, to civilize.

-ie (fem.).

Carestie, dearness, stands in contrast to the Italian carestia.

priva, to train, to tame. privadie, sweet food given in training animals.

-ie (masc.), -iero (fem.).

This is the equivalent of the French -ier.

oulivie, olive tree. bouchie, butcher. pinatie, } a dwelling pinatiero,} among pines.

-ieu (masc.), -ivo (fem.).

This is the form corresponding to the French -if, -ive.

ablatieu, ablative. vieu, vivo, lively.

-ige (m.).

According to Mistral, this represents the Latin -ities.  We incline to think rather that it corresponds to -age, being added chiefly to words in e. -age fits rather upon stems in a.

gounfle, swollen. gounflige, swelling.  Felibre.  Felibrige. paure, poor. paurige, poverty.

-iho (fem.).

This suffix makes collective nouns.

pastre, shepherd. pastriho, company of shepherds. paure, poor. pauriho, the poor.

-in (m.), -ino (fem.).

This is usually diminutive or pejorative.

paurin, poor wretch.

-ioun (fem.).

This corresponds to the French -ion.

nacioun, nation. abdicacioun, abdication. erme, desert. asserma, to dry up. assermacioun, thirst, dryness.

-is (masc.), -isso (fem.).

Crida, to cry. cridadisso, cries of woe. chapla, to slay. chapladis, slaughter. coula, to flow. couladis or couladisso, flowing. abareja, to throw pell-mell. abarejadis, confusion. toumba, to fall. toumbadis, -isso, tottering (adj.).

This suffix is added to the past participle stem.

-isoun (fem.).

This suffix forms nouns from verbs in -i.

abalauvi, to make dizzy, to confound. abalauvisoun, vertigo.

-men (masc.).

This corresponds to the French -ment; bastimen = batiment, ship.

abouli, to abolish. aboulimen, abolition. toumba, to fall. toumbamen, fall.

-men (adverb).

urous, urouso, happy. urousamen, happily.

It is to be noted here that the adverb has the vowel of the old feminine termination a, and not the modern o.

-ot (masc.), -oto (fem.).

A diminutive suffix.

vilo, town. viloto, little town.

Sometimes the stem no longer exists separately.

mignot, mignoto, darling. pichot, pichoto, little boy, little girl.