-ger
Latin
Etymology
From gerō (“to carry, to bear”). Compare -fer (“-bearing, -carrying”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡer/, [ɡɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒer/, [d͡ʒer]
Suffix
-ger (feminine -gera, neuter -gerum); first/second-declension suffix (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- Forms adjectives meaning “-bearing, -carrying” from nouns.
Usage notes
- The adjectives created with this suffix tend to be poetic and also have an analogous (and often more common) form created with the suffix -fer.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -ger | -gera | -gerum | -gerī | -gerae | -gera | |
| Genitive | -gerī | -gerae | -gerī | -gerōrum | -gerārum | -gerōrum | |
| Dative | -gerō | -gerō | -gerīs | ||||
| Accusative | -gerum | -geram | -gerum | -gerōs | -gerās | -gera | |
| Ablative | -gerō | -gerā | -gerō | -gerīs | |||
| Vocative | -ger | -gera | -gerum | -gerī | -gerae | -gera | |