-ari

Etymology 1

From Proto-Basque [Term?], a borrowing from Latin -ārium.^[1][2]

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From -a (definite article) +‎ -(r)i (dative suffix).

References

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ārius. Doublet of -er.

Suffix

-ari (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ària, masculine plural -aris, feminine plural -àries)

1. forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of or related to the suffixed nouns”

   ‎revolució (“revolution”) + ‎-ari → ‎revolucionari (“revolutionary”)

Further reading

• “-ari”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “-ari” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Etymology

From the Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”), from Middle Low German [Term?], 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”).

Alternative forms

• -uri

Etymology

Mostly borrowed from Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”) (itself mostly from Latin -ārius) through its use in many loanwords. Partially from and reinforced by -ri.

Suffix

-ari (front vowel harmony variant -äri, linguistic notation -Ari)

1. Used to create names of occupations from nouns or verbs.

   ‎kartta (“map”) + ‎-uri → ‎kartturi (“navigator”)

   ‎vaate (“garment”) + ‎-uri → ‎vaatturi (“tailor”)

   ‎duunata (“to work”) + ‎-ari → ‎duunari (“worker”)

   ‎puutarha (“garden”) + ‎-uri → ‎puutarhuri (“gardener”)

   ‎urut (“organ”) + ‎-uri → ‎urkuri (“organist”)

   ‎saha (“saw, sawmill”) + ‎-uri → ‎sahuri (“sawmill operator”)

   ‎rokki (“rock music”) + ‎-ari → ‎rokkari (“rocker”)

2. (colloquial) General denominal noun suffix.

   ‎huppu + ‎-ari → ‎huppari

   ‎häly + ‎-ari → ‎häläri

   ‎hintti + ‎-ari → ‎hinttari

   ‎kulma + ‎-uri → ‎kulmuri

3. (colloquial) Denominal suffix used to clip nouns.

   ‎ostoskeskus + ‎-ari → ‎ostari

   ‎ryynimakkara + ‎-ari → ‎ryynäri

   ‎poskisauhu + ‎-ari → ‎poskari

4. (slang) Used to create terms meaning "supporter of something"

   ‎kommunisti (“communist”) + ‎-ari → ‎kommari

   ‎sosiaalidemokraatti (“social democrat”) + ‎-ari → ‎demari

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse -ari (suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs). This suffix is not Germanic, ultimately deriving from Latin -ārius through borrowings, and lives on in different guises in the Germanic languages, e.g., in the German -er, used for the same purpose.

Suffix

-ari m (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -ara, nominative plural -arar)

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

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

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Anagrams

• -irà, RAI, Rai, ira, rai, ria, rià

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.riː/, [ˈäːriː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ri/, [ˈäːri]

Etymology 1

Apparently from a dative singular in -ī, the semantic shift being "for Xing" > "to be Xed".

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• -ari, -eri

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *-ārī.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *warjaz.

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”).^[1]

Suffix

-ari m

1. a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs

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

References

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *-ārī.

Suffix

-āri

1. Forms masculine agent nouns from verbs: -er
2. Forms masculine agent nouns from other nouns: -er

References

• Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

Suffix

-ari m

1. Alternative form of -are

Etymology

From Latin -ārium, -ārius.

Suffix

-ari

1. -ary (nominal suffix)