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-ary

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See also: ary, Ary, and ARY

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsjos

Latin -āriusder.

Middle English -arie

English -ary

Inherited from Middle English -arie, a back-formation from Latin and French-borrowed adjectives ending respectively in -ārius and -aire (more rarely from Latin adjectives in -āris: see exemplary and lapidary). Doublet of -ar, -eer, -ier, and -yer; see also the related -arian.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ə.ɹi/, /ɹi/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ə.ɹi/, /ɛɹ.i/

Suffix

-ary

Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.
Synonyms: -al, -ar, -ese, -ic, -id, -ish, -like, -oid, -ory, -ous, -y

‎devolution + ‎-ary → ‎devolutionary
(nonproductive) Ending of some substantives borrowed or inherited from Latin and French.
dictionary, plenipotentiary
(mathematics) Having the specified arity.
Synonym: -adic
- 1927, A. D. Campbell, “The discriminant of the m-ary quadratic in the Galois fields of order 2ⁿ”, in Annals of Mathematics, Second Series 29:1-4:
- 2007, Philippe Leroux, “A simple symmetry generating operads related to rooted planar m-ary trees and polygonal numbers”, in Journal of Integer Sequences, 10:4:

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ary

circumlocutionary

circumvolutionary

compensationary

congratulationary

constellationary

disquisitionary

dwarf planetary

fideicommissary

insurrectionary

interdictionary

interjectionary

neo-testamentary

pancreaticobiliary

math operation of given arity

Translations

of or pertaining to

Arabic: ـِيّ (ar) (-iyy)
Catalan: -ari (ca)
Galician: -ario (gl) m, -aria f
Hungarian: -árius, -(bel)i, -s, -t/tt
Interlingua: -ari
Italian: -ario m, -aria f, -aio (it) m, -aia f
Portuguese: -ário (pt)

having the specified arity

Finnish: -aarinen
French: -aire (fr)
Galician: -ario (gl) m, -aria f
German: -är (de)
Italian: -ario m, -aria f
Polish: not used in Polish
Portuguese: -ário (pt)
Romanian: -ar (ro)
Swedish: -är (sv)

See also

Appendix:English arities and adicities

Anagrams

Ayr, RYA, Ray, ayr, ra'y, ray, rya, yar, γ ray, γ-ray

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