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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French -eur. The suffix was originally borrowed as a part of French-derived words such as жонглёр (žongljór, “juggler”) from French jongleur and дублёр (dubljór, “understudy, stunt double”) from French doubleur, and later extracted out as a productive suffix. In some cases the suffix replaces French -aire in words borrowed from French, e.g. волонтёр (volontjór, “volunteer”) from French volontaire, and English -er in words borrowed from English, e.g. маркёр (markjór, “marker (various senses)”) from English marker.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ёр • (-jór)
- Suffix added to nouns and verbs to form agent nouns.
- ша́хта (šáxta, “mine, pit”) + -ёр (-jór) → шахтёр (šaxtjór, “miner, pitman”)
- уха́ж(ивать) (uxáž(ivatʹ), “to court, to date”) + -ёр (-jór) → ухажёр (uxažór, “admirer, boyfriend, lady's man”)
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