-tar

== Albanian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Similar usage to Latin -tor. === Suffix === -tar m (indefinite plural -tarë, definite singular -tari, feminine equivalent -tare) forms agent nouns. -er Synonyms: -ës, -tor ‎ar (“gold”) + ‎-tar → ‎artar (“goldsmith”) ‎shkencë (“science”) + ‎-tar → ‎shkencëtar (“scientist”) ‎gjellë (“food”) + ‎-tar → ‎gjellëtar (“cook”) ‎shqip (“Albanian”, adjective) + ‎-tar → ‎shqiptar (“an Albanian”, noun) forms relational adjectives. -al Synonym: -ik ‎komb (“nation”) + ‎-tar → ‎kombëtar (“national”) ‎qeveri (“government”) + ‎-tar → ‎qeveritar (“governmental”) ‎shqip (“Albanian”, adjective) + ‎-tar → ‎shqiptar (“Albanian”, adjective) ==== Derived terms ==== == Basque == === Alternative forms === -dar, -tiar, -ar, -liar === Suffix === -tar Used to create adjectives and nouns that denote demonyms. ==== Derived terms ==== == Estonian == === Etymology === Clipped from the ending of tütar. Cognate to Finnish -tar. === Suffix === -tar (genitive -tari, partitive -tari) Forms feminine agent or occupational nouns kaunis "beautiful" → kaunitar "beautiful woman" laulja "singer" → lauljatar "female singer" ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== -nna (in some cases) ==== Derived terms ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === Clipped from tytär (“daughter”) and then adapted to vowel harmony. === Suffix === -tar (front vowel harmony variant -tär, linguistic notation -tAr) Forms the female counterpart of nouns indicating a person. ‎kuningas (“king”) + ‎-tar → ‎kuningatar (“queen”) ‎näyttelijä (“actor”) + ‎-tar → ‎näyttelijätär (“actress”) ‎Saksa (“Germany”) + ‎-tar → ‎saksatar (“a German female”) ==== Usage notes ==== This is a nominal suffix, i.e. attached to nouns. The suffix is appended to the weak stem. With words ending in -lainen, -tar is appended to the stem not including -lainen. Nowadays it's uncommon and old fashioned to use the female forms of professions. Historically surnames ending in -nen had female forms, e.g. if a man had Leinonen as his surname, his wife would have been Leinotar instead. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== -tär (front vowel variant) === References === == Greenlandic == === Pronunciation === (Nuuk) IPA(key): /-tar/, [-tɑʁ] === Suffix === -tar (v-v?, additive?, VTV → VsV?) Signifies habitual behaviour. atuarpoq (“attends school (once)”) -> atuartarpoq (“attends school (is a student)”) ==== Usage notes ==== Was formerly sometimes truncative. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 124, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014 -tar in Katersat Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 75, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014 == Irish == === Alternative forms === -tear (slender form) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t̪ˠəɾˠ/ === Suffix === -tar Autonomous ending of first conjugation verbs in the present tense, present subjunctive mood, and conditional mood