-ari

== Basque == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Basque [Term?], a borrowing from Latin -ārium. ==== Alternative forms ==== -lari, -kari ==== Suffix ==== -ari Used to create names of occupations from nouns. ‎olerki (“poem”) + ‎-ari → ‎olerkari (“poet”) Used to form adverbs and nouns from nouns of time; every, each ‎egun (“day”) + ‎-ari → ‎egunkari (“newspaper”) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== -kari ==== Suffix ==== -ari Used in names of meals. ‎arrats (“evening”) + ‎-ari → ‎askari (“afternoon snack”) ‎baratu (“to stop”) + ‎-ari → ‎barazkari (“lunch”) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From -a (definite article) +‎ -(r)i (dative suffix). ==== Suffix ==== -ari Dative singular suffix. ===== Declension ===== === References === == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -ārius. Doublet of -er. === Suffix === -ari (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ària, masculine plural -aris, feminine plural -àries) forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of or related to the suffixed nouns” ‎revolució (“revolution”) + ‎-ari → ‎revolucionari (“revolutionary”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ari”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “-ari” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. == Faroese == === Etymology === From the Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”), from Middle Low German [Term?], from Latin -ārius. === Suffix === -ari m (genitive singular -ara, plural -arar) -er, -or; (a masculine suffix used to form agent nouns from verb and noun stems) at baka (“to bake”) + -ari → bakari (“a baker”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== átari flekjari klokkari skrivar == Finnish == === Alternative forms === -uri === Etymology === Mostly borrowed from Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”) (itself mostly from Latin -ārius) through its use in many loanwords. Partially from and reinforced by -ri. === Suffix === -ari (front vowel harmony variant -äri, linguistic notation -Ari) Used to create names of occupations from nouns or verbs. ‎kartta (“map”) + ‎-uri → ‎kartturi (“navigator”) ‎vaate (“garment”) + ‎-uri → ‎vaatturi (“tailor”) ‎duunata (“to work”) + ‎-ari → ‎duunari (“worker”) ‎puutarha (“garden”) + ‎-uri → ‎puutarhuri (“gardener”) ‎urut (“organ”) + ‎-uri → ‎urkuri (“organist”) ‎saha (“saw, sawmill”) + ‎-uri → ‎sahuri (“sawmill operator”) ‎rokki (“rock music”) + ‎-ari → ‎rokkari (“rocker”) (colloquial) General denominal noun suffix. ‎huppu + ‎-ari → ‎huppari ‎häly + ‎-ari → ‎häläri ‎hintti + ‎-ari → ‎hinttari ‎kulma + ‎-uri → ‎kulmuri (colloquial) Denominal suffix used to clip nouns. ‎ostoskeskus + ‎-ari → ‎ostari ‎ryynimakkara + ‎-ari → ‎ryynäri ‎poskisauhu + ‎-ari → ‎poskari (slang) Used to create terms meaning "supporter of something" ‎kommunisti (“communist”) + ‎-ari → ‎kommari ‎sosiaalidemokraatti (“social democrat”) + ‎-ari → ‎demari ==== Usage notes ==== In slang clippings, the suffix may cause gemination of the preceding consonant if phonotactically possible. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse -ari (suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs). This suffix is not Germanic, ultimately deriving from Latin -ārius through borrowings, and lives on in different guises in the Germanic languages, e.g., in the German -er, used for the same purpose. === Suffix === -ari m (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -ara, nominative plural -arar) -er, -or; a masculine suffix used to form agent nouns from verb and noun stems ‎leika (“to act”) + ‎-ari → ‎leikari (“actor”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.ri/ Rhymes: -ari Hyphenation: -à‧ri === Etymology 1 === ==== Suffix ==== -ari m or f plural of -are === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -ari m masculine plural of -aro === Etymology 3 === ==== Suffix ==== -ari m masculine plural of -ario === Anagrams === -irà, RAI, Rai, ira, rai, ria, rià == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaː.riː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.ri] === Etymology 1 === Apparently from a dative singular in -ī, the semantic shift being "for Xing" > "to be Xed". ==== Suffix ==== -ārī present passive infinitive of -ō (first conjugation) === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -ārī dative/ablative singular of -āris == Old High German == === Alternative forms === -ari, -eri === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *-ārī, from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, borrowed from Latin -arius. ==== Suffix ==== -āri used to form agent nouns from nouns: ‎buoch (“book”) + ‎-āri → ‎buochāri (“scholar”) from verbs: ‎hëlfan (“to help”) + ‎-āri → ‎hëlfāri (“helper”) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle High German: -ære, -er Alemannic German: -er Bavarian: -er Cimbrian: -ar German: -er Luxembourgish: -er Yiddish: ־ער (-er) === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Germanic *warjaz. ==== Suffix ==== -āri used to form demonyms Baiāri (“Bavarian”) Romāri (“Roman”) ===== Descendants ===== German: -er == Old Norse == === Etymology === Borrowed as part of Medieval Latin and Middle Low German words. In both cases, it stems from Latin -ārius. The suffix -ari replaced the native suffix -i which was used for agent nouns before: skytari (“shooter, bowman”) instead of skyti (“shooter, bowman”), both derived from skjóta (“to shoot”). === Suffix === -ari m a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs ‎baka (“to bake”) + ‎-ari → ‎bakari (“baker”) ==== Usage notes ==== -ari, while common in the descendant languages, is never found in the oldest poetry or Runic inscriptions and very rare in Old Norse. Native alternatives like -ir, -i and -andi are preferred. ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: -ari Faroese: -ari Norwegian Nynorsk: -ar; (dialectal) -ari, -are, -ær Old Swedish: -are, -ari Swedish: -are Old Danish: -eræ Danish: -er Norwegian Bokmål: -er → Estonian: -r → Finnish: -ari, -uri === References === == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *-ārī. === Suffix === -āri Forms masculine agent nouns from verbs: -er Forms masculine agent nouns from other nouns: -er ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: -ære, -ēre, -ere Low German: -er === References === Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 5th edition == Old Swedish == === Suffix === -ari m alternative form of -are ==== Declension ==== == Romansh == === Etymology === From Latin -ārium, -ārius. === Suffix === -ari -ary (nominal suffix)