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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ařь.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-арь or -а́рь • (-arʹ or -árʹ)
- Suffix added to nouns, verbs and adjectives to form masculine agent nouns, sometimes inanimate: -er, -or
- апте́ка (aptéka, “pharmacy”) + -арь (-arʹ) → апте́карь (aptékarʹ, “pharmacist”)
- бунт (bunt, “riot, mutiny”) + -а́рь (-árʹ) → бунта́рь (buntárʹ, “rebel”)
- виногра́д (vinográd, “grapes (collective); vintage”) + -арь (-arʹ) → виногра́дарь (vinográdarʹ, “winegrower”)
- очки́ (očkí, “glasses”) + -а́рь (-árʹ) → очка́рь (očkárʹ, “(colloquial, pejorative) four-eyes (person wearing glasses)”)
- те́хника (téxnika, “engineering; technology; technique”) + -а́рь (-árʹ) → техна́рь (texnárʹ, “(colloquial) technician; student in a technical institute; athlete with technical virtuosity; technical defeat”)
- сло́во (slóvo, “word”) + -а́рь (-árʹ) → слова́рь (slovárʹ, “dictionary”)
- паха́ть (paxátʹ, “to plow”) + -арь (-arʹ) → па́харь (páxarʹ, “plowman”)
- писа́ть (pisátʹ, “to write”) + -арь (-arʹ) → пи́сарь (písarʹ, “clerk; scribe”)
- еба́ть (jebátʹ, “(vulgar) to fuck”) + -арь (-arʹ) → ёбарь (jóbarʹ, “(vulgar) fucker; stud; boyfriend, lover”)
- ди́кий (díkij, “wild, savage”) + -а́рь (-árʹ) → дика́рь (dikárʹ, “savage”)
- сухо́й (suxój, “dry”) + -арь (-arʹ) → суха́рь (suxárʹ, “piece of dried bread or similar (cracker, crouton, etc.); (colloquial) dried-up, boring person”)
- тупо́й (tupój, “stupid”) + -а́рь (-árʹ) → тупа́рь (tupárʹ, “(colloquial) stupid person”)
Usage notes
- This suffix frequently forms colloquialisms.
- When added to nouns and adjectives, the suffix is more commonly stressed (with ending stress in all inflections), but added to verbs, it is normally unstressed.
- Some nouns added to verbs have an alternative plural in -а́, with plural inflections having ending stress (accent pattern c). Examples are то́карь (tókarʹ, “turner, lathe operator”) and (archaicly) пи́сарь (písarʹ, “clerk, scribe”).
Declension
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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-арь -arʹ
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-ари, -ари́ -ari, -arí
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genitive
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-аря, -аря́ -arja, -arjá
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-арей, -аре́й -arej, -aréj
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dative
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-арю, -арю́ -arju, -arjú
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-арям, -аря́м -arjam, -arjám
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accusative animate
inanimate
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-аря, -аря́ -arja, -arjá
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-арей, -аре́й -arej, -aréj
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-арь -arʹ
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-ари, -ари́ -ari, -arí
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instrumental
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-арем, -арём -arem, -arjóm
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-арями, -аря́ми -arjami, -arjámi
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prepositional
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-аре, -аре́ -are, -aré
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-арях, -аря́х -arjax, -arjáx
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sometimes also:
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- -дей (-dej), -тель (-telʹ), -ник (-nik), -ец (-ec) (other suffixes used to form "doer" words)