-fer (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -fera, masculine plural -fers, feminine plural -feres)
From Proto-Italic *-feros. Related to ferō (“to bear, to carry”). Compare -ger from gerō. Akin to Proto-Germanic *bēriz.
-fer (feminine -fera, neuter -ferum); first/second-declension suffix (nominative masculine singular in -er)
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -fer | -fera | -ferum | -ferī | -ferae | -fera | |
| Genitive | -ferī | -ferae | -ferī | -ferōrum | -ferārum | -ferōrum | |
| Dative | -ferō | -ferō | -ferīs | ||||
| Accusative | -ferum | -feram | -ferum | -ferōs | -ferās | -fera | |
| Ablative | -ferō | -ferā | -ferō | -ferīs | |||
| Vocative | -fer | -fera | -ferum | -ferī | -ferae | -fera | |