-ler

See also: ler, LER, lèr, and lêr

German

Etymology

From the German suffix -er. Result of a wrong segmentation (rebracketing) of nouns ending in -l and the suffix -er, in words like Sattler, Ziegler.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-ler m (strong, genitive -lers, plural -ler)

1. used to create agent nouns, similar to -er

Declension

Declension of -ler [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	-ler	die	-ler
genitive	eines	des	-lers	der	-ler
dative	einem	dem	-ler	den	-lern
accusative	einen	den	-ler	die	-ler

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -ler

• Erstklässler, Zweitklässler, Drittklässler
• CDUler, PDSler, SPDler
• Korbblütler, Lippenblütler, Schmetterlingsblütler
• Nachzügler, Umzügler, Zuzügler

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Greenlandic

Suffix

-ler (n-v^?, truncative^?)

1. provides with

   aki (“currency, price”) -> akilerpaa (“pays”)

   ateq (“name”) -> atserpaa (“names, gives a name to”)

Usage notes

Sometimes fusioning. When used intransitively, may have a reflexive meaning.

Derived terms

Greenlandic terms suffixed with -ler

References

• -ler in Katersat
• Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 240. Atuagkat 2003.

Suffix

-ler (v-v^?, truncative^?)

1. has begun to [verb], is about to [verb], is in the process of [verb]ing

Further reading

• Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 241. Atuagkat 2003.

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Turkish

Alternative forms

• -lar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـلر, ultimately from Common Turkic *-ler, a plural suffix which absent from Proto-Turkic. Found as Old Turkic [script needed] (-lar) (back variant) but not found in the sister Oghur branch (compare Chuvash -сем (-sem), Bulgar -ڛَم), where it descended from *sāyïn (“every”). The Chuvash plural suffix, however, lacks vowel harmony unlike other suffixes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læɾ/

Suffix

-ler (back vowel harmony variant -lar)

1. Used to form plurals of nouns.

   ‎çiçek + ‎-ler → ‎çiçekler

   Bu ülkede daima Mustafa Kemaller olacak. ― There will always be people like Mustafa Kemal in this country.

   Teyzemlere gideceğiz. ― We will go to my aunt's (home).

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -ler

Usage notes

• It's used when the noun's last vowel is a front vowel.
• When the noun's last vowel is a back vowel, -lar is used instead.