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-r
-r
See also: Appendix:Variations of "r"
Estonian
Etymology
Cognate to Finnish -ri.
Suffix
-r (genitive -ri, partitive -rit)
- Forms various agent nouns
Declension
Inflection of -r (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | -r | -rid |
accusative | -ri | -rid |
genitive | -ri | -rite |
partitive | -rit | -reid |
illative | -risse | -ritesse -reisse |
inessive | -ris | -rites -reis |
elative | -rist | -ritest -reist |
allative | -rile | -ritele -reile |
adessive | -ril | -ritel -reil |
ablative | -rilt | -ritelt -reilt |
translative | -riks | -riteks -reiks |
terminative | -rini | -riteni |
essive | -rina | -ritena |
abessive | -rita | -riteta |
comitative | -riga | -ritega |
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Estonian_words_suffixed_with_-r'>Estonian words suffixed with -r</a>
Irish
Etymology
From the Old Irish ro- (perfective prefix).
Suffix
-r
- A suffix added to certain preverbs and subordinating conjunctions when these occur with past tense verbs, and in the past/conditional copular form of these preverbs and conjunctions.
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Irish_words_suffixed_with_-r'>Irish words suffixed with -r</a>
Swedish
Suffix
-r
- Suffix for the indefinite plural form of some of the nouns of the third declension, chiefly if they end in a stressed vowel except -e or -i, or if it ends in an unstressed -e.
- Suffix for the present tense, active voice, indicative mood [all persons] for a small number of Swedish verbs which ends in a vowel except -a in the infinitive; formally also for a large part of those verbs which do end in -a in infinitive.
- Hon går = She walks.
- Vi dansar = We dance.
Usage notes
The modern treatment is to consider also the verbs which in present tense ends in -ar to use the suffix -r, even though they frequently are denoted -ar-verbs, as if the suffix would be -ar. However, the -a- is rather interpreted as being part of the stem of the verb.
See also
- plural suffix
- present tense suffix