-ятор

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Russian

Alternative forms

  • -а́тор (-átor)after consonants other than л

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātor; see -а́тор (-átor).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-я́тор (-játor)

  1. Suffix used to form agent nouns (both animate and inanimate) from verbs in -и́ровать (-írovatʹ), -ирова́ть (-irovátʹ) and -ова́ть (-ovátʹ) whose stem ends in (-l): -ator, -er
    манипули́ровать (manipulírovatʹ, to manipulate) + ‎-ятор (-jator) → ‎манипуля́тор (manipuljátor, manipulator (animate and inanimate))

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