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-air

-air

See also: air, áir, 'air, air., and àir.

Scottish Gaelic

Suffix

-air

  1. Forming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, having’
    clàrsair, iasgair
  2. Forming nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’
    sgrubair

Derived terms

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Etymology

From Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, ultimately from Latin -ārium, the accusative of -ārius ‎(“-er”, agent suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [arʲ]

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