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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ařь.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ář m anim (noun-forming suffix)
- a suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person's profession, much like the English -or
- kov + -ář → kovář
- ryba + -ář → rybář
Declension
Declension of -ář (soft masculine animate)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Truhlář, Naše řeč (1928)
- -ař, -ář, Naše řeč (1931)
- -ář in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017