-air

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle French -aire, from Latin -ārium. In many cases borrowed or derived from French -aire. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛːr/ === Suffix === -air -ary; of or pertaining to ==== Derived terms ==== == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From a conflation of Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, with Old Irish -óir, from Proto-Brythonic *-ọr; both from Latin -ārius (“-er”, agent suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [arʲ] === Suffix === -air Forming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, having’ ‎clàrsach (“harp”) + ‎-air → ‎clàrsair (“harpist”) ‎iasg (“fish”) + ‎-air → ‎iasgair (“fisherman”) ‎facal (“word, phrase”) + ‎-air → ‎faclair (“dictionary, vocabulary”) ‎Samhain (“Halloween”) + ‎-air → ‎samhnair (“trick-or-treater”) Forming nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’ sgrubair ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === -iche -adair -ear