Faroese

Suffix

-ari m (genitive singular -ara, plural -arar)

1. -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
• dómari
• flekjari
• klokkari
• skrivar
• bakari
• sjónleikari

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse -ari ‎(“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”). This suffix is not Germanic, ultimately deriving from the Latin -arius through borrowings, and lives on in different disguises in the Germanic languages, e.g., in the German -er, used for the same purpose.

Suffix

-ari m ‎(genitive singular -ara, plural -arar)

1. -er, -or; (a masculine suffix used to form agent nouns from verb and noun stems)

   leika ‎(“to act”) + -ari → leikari ‎(“an actor”).

Derived terms

• kallari
• togari

Italian

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ari m, f

1. plural of -are

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ari m

1. masculine plural of -aro

Etymology 3

Suffix

-ari m

1. masculine plural of -ario

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.riː/

Suffix

-ārī

1. dative masculine singular of -āris
2. dative feminine singular of -āris
3. dative neuter singular of -āris
4. ablative masculine singular of -āris
5. ablative neuter singular of -āris
6. ablative feminine singular of -āris
7. present passive infinitive of -ō

Old High German

Alternative forms

• -ari
• -eri

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Suffix

-āri

1. used to form agent nouns

   from nouns: buochāri ‎(“scholar”) from buoch ‎(“book”)

   from verbs: hëlfāri ‎(“helper”) from hëlfan ‎(“to help”)

Descendants

• German: -er

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *warjaz.

Suffix

-āri

1. 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”).^[1]

Suffix

-ari m

1. a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as shooter, bowman, from skjóta ‎(“to shoot”)

Descendants

• Danish: -er
• Icelandic: -ari
• Norwegian: -ar, -er
• Swedish: -are

References

1. ↑ Olav Næs, Norsk Grammatikk — Ordlære, 1952; p. 246

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin -ārium, -ārius.

Suffix

-ari

1. -ary (nominal suffix)