-ari

See also ari, Ari, arī, arı, ári, Ári, and arí

Faroese

Etymology

From the Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”), ultimately from Medieval Latin and Middle Low German; from Latin -ārius.

Suffix

-ari m (genitive singular -ara, plural -arar)

1. -er, -or; (a masculine suffix used to form agent nouns from verb and noun stems)

   at baka (“to bake”) + -ari → bakari (“a baker”).

Declension

m1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	-ari	-arin	-arar	-ararnir
Accusative	-ara	-aran	-arar	-ararnar
Dative	-ara	-aranum	-arum	-arunum
Genitive	-ara	-arans	-ara	-aranna

Derived terms

[+] Faroese words suffixed with -ari

• átari
• dómari
• flekjari
• klokkari
• skrivar

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Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”).

Suffix

-ari m (genitive singular -ara, plural -arar)

1. -er, -or; (a masculine suffix used to form agent nouns from verb and noun stems)

   leika (“to act”) + -ari → leikari (“an actor”).

Derived terms

[+] Icelandic words suffixed with -ari

• kallari
• togari

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• -ari
• -eri

Etymology 1

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Suffix

-āri

1. used to form agent nouns

   from nouns: buochāri (“scholar”) from buoch (“book”)

   from verbs: hëlfāri (“helper”) from hëlfan (“to help”)

Descendants

• German: -er

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *warjaz.

Suffix

-āri

1. used to form demonyms

   Baiāri (“Bavarian”)

   Romāri (“Roman”)

Descendants

• German: -er

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Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed as part of Medieval Latin and Middle Low German words. In both cases, it stems from Latin -ārius. The suffix -ari replaced the native suffix -i which was used for agent nouns before: skytari (“shooter, bowman”) instead of skyti (“shooter, bowman”), both derived from skjóta (“to shoot”).

Suffix

-ari m

1. a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as shooter, bowman, from skjóta (“to shoot”)

Descendants

• Danish: -er
• Icelandic: -ari
• Norwegian: -ar, -er
• Swedish: -are

References

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin -ārium, -ārius.

Suffix

-ari

1. -ary (nominal suffix)