-ар

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Suffix

-ар • (-ar)

appended to verbs and nouns to form masculine agent nouns denoting profession/occupation; -er, -or

Derived terms

Kazakh

Alternative forms

-ер (-er), -р (-r)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-ür.

Suffix

-ар • (-ar)

Used to form indefinite future tense.
Used to form future participles from verbs.
‎бару (baru, “to go”) + ‎-ар (-ar) → ‎барар (barar, “which will go”)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ařь.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ar]

Suffix

-ар • (-ar)

Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, person who does something, or an animal.

Derived terms

Macedonian terms suffixed with -ар

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ařь.

Suffix

-ар (Latin spelling -ar)

Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, person who does something or an animal.

Ukrainian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzijos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Gothic -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (-areis)bor.

Proto-Slavic *-ařь

Old East Slavic -арь (-arĭ)

Old Ruthenian -арь (-arʹ)

Ukrainian -ар

Inherited from Old Ruthenian -арь (-arʹ), from Old East Slavic -арь (-arĭ), from Proto-Slavic *-ařь, borrowed from Gothic -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (-areis), from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, borrowed from Latin -ārius, a nominalization of -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzijos, from Proto-Indo-European *-yós.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ar]

Suffix

-ар • (-ar) m (variant -яр, feminine -ар /senses 1 and 2/ + -ка)

appended to verbs and nouns to form masculine agent nouns denoting profession/occupation; -er, -or
Synonyms: -ач (-ač), -аль (-alʹ#Etymology 2)

‎вівця́ (vivcjá, “sheep”) + ‎-ар (-ar) → ‎вівча́р (vivčár, “shepard”)

‎свиня́ (svynjá, “pig”) + ‎-ар (-ar) → ‎свина́р (svynár, “pigman”)

‎зо́лото (zóloto, “gold”) + ‎-ар (-ar) → ‎золота́р (zolotár, “goldsmith”)

‎чо́біт (čóbit, “boot”) + ‎-ар (-ar) → ‎чобота́р (čobotár, “bootmaker, cobbler”)

‎коси́ти (kosýty, “to cut, to mow”) + ‎-ар (-ar) → ‎коса́р (kosár, “scytheman, mower”)

‎писа́ти (pysáty, “to write”) + ‎-ар (-ar) → ‎пи́сар (pýsar, “scribe, clerk, scrivener”)
appended to words to form masculine nouns denoting animals;
‎глухи́й (hluxýj, “deaf”) + ‎-ар (-ar) → ‎глуха́р (hluxár, “capercaillie, wood grouse”)

‎ши́шка (šýška, “cone, pinecone”) + ‎-ар (-ar) → ‎шишка́р (šyškár, “crossbill”)

‎блаки́тний (blakýtnyj, “blue”) + ‎-ар (-ar) → ‎блакитна́р (blakytnár, “tanager”)
appended to words to form masculine nouns denoting objects;
‎дим (dym, “deaf”) + ‎-ар (-ar) → ‎дима́р (dymár, “chimney, bee smoker”)

‎сухи́й (suxýj, “dry”) + ‎-ар (-ar) → ‎суха́р (suxár, “rusk, crouton”)

Declension

Declension of *-а́р, -́ар*
(pers/inan soft masc-form accent-b/a)
	singular	plural
nominative	-а́р, -́ар -ár, -́ar	-арі́, -́арі -arí, -́ari
genitive	-аря́, -́аря -arjá, -́arja	-арі́в, -́арів -arív, -́ariv
dative	-аре́ві, -арю́, -́ареві, -́арю -arévi, -arjú, -́arevi, -́arju	-аря́м, -́арям -arjám, -́arjam
accusative	-аря́, -́ар -arjá, -́ar	-арі́в, -́арі -arív, -́ari
instrumental	-аре́м, -́арем -arém, -́arem	-аря́ми, -́арями -arjámy, -́arjamy
locative	-аре́ві, -арі́, -́арю, -́арі -arévi, -arí, -́arju, -́ari	-аря́х, -́арях -arjáx, -́arjax
vocative	-а́ре, -́арю -áre, -́arju	-арі́, -́арі -arí, -́ari

Derived terms

References

Лев Миха́йлович Полю́га [Lev Myxájlovyč Poljúha] (2001), Словник українських морфем [Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkyx morfem, Dictionary of Ukrainian morphemes] (in Ukrainian), Львів [Lʹviv]: Світ [Svit], →ISBN