-ара

See also: ара, яра, яря, and Appendix:Variations of "ara"

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian -ара / -ara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈara]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: -а‧ра

Suffix

-ара (-ara) f

1. (productive, colloquial, Serbism) forms nouns for rooms, shops, or other places or sites

   Synonym: -арня (-arnja)

   ‎(obsolete) дещар (deščar, “lumberjack”) + ‎-ара (-ara) → ‎(obsolete) дещара (deščara, “lumberyard”)

   ‎древар (drevar, “lumberjack”) + ‎-ара (-ara) → ‎древара (drevara, “lumberyard”)

   ‎млєчар (mlječar, “milkman”) + ‎-ара (-ara) → ‎млєчара (mlječara, “dairy”)

   ‎сушиц (sušic, “to dry”) + ‎-ара (-ara) → ‎сушара (sušara, “drying room”)

   ‎цегляр (cehljar, “bricklayer”) + ‎-ара (-ara) → ‎цегляра (cehljara, “brickyard”)

Usage notes

• All nouns derived with this suffix have a more formal, more literary equivalent suffixed with -арня (-arnja), i.e. древарня (drevarnja), цеглярня (cehljarnja), млєчарня (mlječarnja), etc.

Declension

Declension of -ара (-ara)

	singular	plural
nominative	-ара (-ara)	-ари (-ari)
genitive	-ари (-ari)	-арох (-arox)
dative	-ари (-ari)	-аром (-arom)
accusative	-ару (-aru)	-ари (-ari)
instrumental	-ару (-aru)	-арами (-arami)
locative	-ари (-ari)	-арох (-arox)
vocative	-аро (-aro)	-ари (-ari)

Derived terms

Pannonian Rusyn terms suffixed with -ара

млєчара

References

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1997), “-ара”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 863

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ара (Latin spelling -ara)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a performer, woman with big parts of body, shop or workshop.

Descendants

• → Pannonian Rusyn: -ара (-ara)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• -ара́: IPA^(key): [ ɐˈra]
• -а́ра: IPA^(key): [ ˈarɐ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ara.

Suffix

-ара́ • (-ará) f inan

1. (unproductive) Appended to nouns to form feminine inanimate nouns

   ‎мошка (moška) + ‎-ара (-ara) → ‎мошкара́ (moškará, “midges”, collective)

   ‎маска (maska) + ‎-ара (-ara) → ‎машкара́ (maškará, “mask”, literally and figuratively)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Latin -ariusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Gothic -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (-areis)bor.

Proto-Slavic *-ařь

Ukrainian -яр (-jar)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀ

Proto-Slavic *-a

Ukrainian -а (-a)

Ukrainian -яра (-jara)

Ukrainian -ара

From -яра (-jara), from -яр (-jar) + -а (-a).

Suffix

-а́ра • (-ára) m anim or f anim by sense

1. alternative form of -я́ра (-jára) (after hushing consonants)

   ‎жук (žuk) + ‎-ара (-ara) → ‎жуча́ра (žučára, familiar, low colloquial)

Derived terms

Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ара

жучара

машкара

мошкара

References

• “ар”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]