-ar

From Latin -āris (“of, pertaining to”).

-ar

1. Of, near, or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.

   Synonyms: -al, -an, -ary, -ese, -ic, -id, -ish, -like, -oid, -ory, -ous, -y

   ‎pole + ‎-ar → ‎polar

   ‎line + ‎-ar → ‎linear

   ‎molecule + ‎-ar → ‎molecular

   ‎alveolus + ‎-ar → ‎alveolar

   ‎column + ‎-ar → ‎columnar

See usage notes at -al.

From Latin -ārius or French -aire.

-ar

1. Forming nouns such as vicar, exemplar, bursar, etc.

From Middle English -ar, -are, variant of Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere. More at -er.

-ar

1. Forming nouns such as beggar, liar, pedlar, etc.

Clipping of star.; modelled after the earlier coinages pulsar and quasar.

-ar

1. (astronomy) Used to form names of star types, such as magnetar, collapsar, etc.

• RA, Ra

• -aru, -ariu

From Latin -ārius, -ārium. Compare Daco-Romanian -ar.

-ar m

1. suffix used to denote a profession or craft

-ar

1. Postconsonantal form of -ər after the vowels A / I / O / U.

-ar

1. Alternative form of -tar (demonym-forming suffix)

From ar (“male”).

-ar

1. male (animals)

   ‎katu (“cat”) + ‎-ar → ‎katar (“tomcat”)

-ar

1. [+verbal noun] about to

   Itxaron, bukatzear nago. ― Wait, I'll finish in a moment.

• “-ar” in Labayru Hiztegia

Inherited from Latin -āris (“of, pertaining to”).

(adjective)

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈaɾ]

(noun)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈaɾ]

-ar m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -ars)

1. -ar; forms adjectives of one form indicating that the noun that is modified by the adjective is pertaining to the root word used to form the adjective

-ar m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ars)

1. forms nouns indicating where a given crop is grown

   ‎taronger (“orange tree”) + ‎-ar → ‎tarongerar (“orange grove”)

2. forms nouns indicating where something is usually found

   ‎canyís (“common reed”) + ‎-ar → ‎canyissar (“reed bed”)

Inherited from Latin -āre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈaɾ]

-ar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -o, first-person singular preterite -í, past participle -at)

1. forms first conjugation verbs indicating an action related to the root word

   ‎col·lecció (“collection”) + ‎-ar → ‎col·leccionar (“to collect”)

• “-ar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “-ar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Inherited from Latin -āre.

-ar

1. Forms first-conjugation verbs.

From Latin -āris (“of, pertaining to”).

-ar m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ares)

1. -ar; forms relational adjectives from nouns

   ‎molécula (“molecule”) + ‎-ar → ‎molecular (“molecular”)

From Latin -āre.

-ar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -o, first-person singular preterite -ei, past participle -ado)

1. forms first conjugation verbs indicating an action related to the root word

   ‎fragmento (“fragment”) + ‎-ar → ‎fragmentar (“to fragment”)

From

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Borrowed from French -er, Italian -are, Spanish -ar, from Latin -āre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈar/

-ar

1. This ending denotes the present infinitive form of a verb.

   Me volas komprar ca objekto. ― I want to buy this thing.

• -ir (past infinitive tense)
• -or (future infinitive tense)

-ar

1. Added to a noun root word, this forms a verb meaning to apply or make use of the root.
2. Added to an adjectival root word, this forms a verb meaning to render/make (adjective) the object of the verb.

• -isar
• -ificar

• -āre
• -al, -āle (when not preceded by l)
• -ārium

From apocope of final e in -āre, neuter of -āris, dissimilated form (after a preceding l) of -ālis.

-ar n (genitive -āris); third declension

1. noun-forming suffix

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

-ar

1. Suffix meaning many and used to denote a plural.

   ‎mimini (“woman”) + ‎-ar → ‎miminar (“women”)

• IPA^(key): /ar/

From Old Norse -ar, the nominative plural ending for masculine a-stem and feminine o-stem nouns.

-ar m or f

1. Used to form regular indefinite plurals of most masculine nouns.

   ‎gut (“boy”) + ‎-ar → ‎gutar (“boys”)

2. Used to form regular indefinite plurals of some feminine nouns.

   ‎gjerning (“act”) + ‎-ar → ‎gjerningar (“acts”)

• -ane
• -en

From Old Norse -ar, the genitive singular ending for strong feminine nouns and masculine i- and u-stem nouns.

• -a

-ar m or f

1. Used to form indefinite genitive singulars of strong feminine nouns and some strong masculine nouns, used in frozen expressions.

   Ein fredar mann. ― A peaceful man/person.

From Old Norse -ari.

• -ari, -are, -ær (dialectal)

-ar m

1. Used to form nouns from verbs, a person who performs the action of the verb.

   Ein som lever av å baka, er ein bakar. ― One who makes his living baking is a baker.

From Old Norse -arr, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“warrior”), *warjaz (“defender”) and *gaizaz (“spear”).

-ar m

1. A name suffix, meaning warrior, guardian or spear

From Old Occitan -ar, from Latin -āre, infinitive ending of first conjugation verbs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa/

-ar

1. Suffix of verbs of the first conjugation

From Latin -āre, infinitive ending of first conjugation verbs.

-ar

1. forms verbs from nouns or adjectives — forms regular first-conjugation verbs in the impersonal infinitive
2. forms the first-person singular infinitive of first-conjugation verbs
3. forms the third-person singular infinitive of first-conjugation verbs

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ar/

-ar

1. plural (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. genitive (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ar, from Latin -āre, infinitive ending of first conjugation verbs.

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): [ˈaɻ]
• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): [ˈa(ʁ)]
• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾ, (Brazil) -aʁ, (Brazil, with r-dropping) -a

-ar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -o, first-person singular preterite -ei, past participle -ado)

1. forms verbs from nouns or adjectives — forms regular first-conjugation verbs in the impersonal infinitive

   ‎asfalto (“asphalt”) + ‎-ar → ‎asfaltar (“to asphalt”)

   ‎diálogo (“dialogue”) + ‎-ar → ‎dialogar (“to dialogue”)

2. forms the first-person singular infinitive of first-conjugation verbs
3. forms the third-person singular infinitive of first-conjugation verbs

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ar, from Latin āre.

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾ, (Brazil) -aʁ

-ar m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ares)

1. forms adjectives from nouns, especially those that already contain an L; -ar

   Synonyms: -al, -ário

• -ariu — archaic

Inherited from Latin -ārium, accusative of -ārius.

• IPA^(key): /ar/

-ar m (plural -ari)

1. Added to a word to denote a profession or craft; -er

   ‎roată (“wheel”) + ‎-ar → ‎rotar (“wheeler”)

   ‎oală (“pot”) + ‎-ar → ‎olar (“potter”)

   ‎fier (“iron”) + ‎-ar → ‎fierar (“blacksmith”)

   ‎vacă (“cow”) + ‎-ar → ‎văcar (“cowherd”)

   ‎porc (“pig”) + ‎-ar → ‎porcar (“swineherd”)

• -tor
• -easă

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ařь.

IPA^(key): /aːr/

-ar (Cyrillic spelling -ар)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, a person who does something, or an animal who does something.

Nouns with this ending may use either the non-palatal declension (V sg. -e, I sg. -om) or the palatal declension (V sg. -u, I sg. -em), e.g. s pekarom or s pekarem.

• -jar
• -ičar

• Browne, Wayles (1993) “Serbo-Croat”, in Comrie, Bernard, Corbett, Greville G., editors, The Slavonic Languages, London and New York: Routledge, page 320
• Babić, Stjepan (2002), Tvorba riječi u hrvatskome književnome jeziku, 3rd revised edition, Zagreb: HAZU, page(s) 122, § 321

From Proto-Slavic *-ařь.

-ar m

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ/ [ˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: -ar

Inherited from Latin -āris.

-ar m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -ares)

1. indicates membership or status

   ‎gránulo (“granule”) + ‎-ar → ‎granular (“granular”)

   ‎testículo (“testicle”) + ‎-ar → ‎testicular (“testicular”)

-ar m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ares)

1. indicates a place where something is grown

   Synonym: -al

   ‎anís (“anise”) + ‎-ar → ‎anisar (“anise field”)

   ‎haba (“bean”) + ‎-ar → ‎habar (“bean patch”)

   ‎sandía (“watermelon”) + ‎-ar → ‎sandiar (“watermelon patch”)

Inherited from Latin -āre, the infinitive ending of first conjugation verbs.

-ar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -o, first-person singular preterite -é, past participle -ado)

1. forms first conjugation verbs indicating an action related to the root word

   ‎programa (“program”) + ‎-ar → ‎programar (“to schedule”)

• -er
• -ir

• “-ar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

-ar

1. Suffix for the indefinite plural form of nouns of the second declension.
2. Suffix for the present tense, active voice, indicative mood for the absolute majority of Swedish verbs.

For verbs, it is more customary to identify the -a of this 'suffix' as belonging to the stem of the verb, and thus only consider -r to be the suffix. However, the verbs which in present tense ends in the letters -ar are commonly called -ar-verbs, as to differentiate them from -er-verbs and verbs which doesn't end in -a in infinitive.

• IPA^(key): /aɾ/

Form of -er after the vowels A / I / O / U.

-ar

1. Simple present and aorist tense marker.

Form of -er after the vowels A / I / O / U.

-ar

1. Makes adjectives out of verbs.
2. Makes nouns out of verbs.

Post-consonantal form of -er after the vowels A / I / O / U.

-ar

1. Derives distributive numbers.

From Ottoman Turkish ـر (-r, -er, -ar), from Proto-Turkic *-gar.[1]

-ar

1. Derives Intransitive verbs from names of colors.

   ‎kara (“black”) + ‎-ar → ‎kararmak (“to turn black, to darken”)

   ‎ak (“white, light”) + ‎-ar → ‎ağarmak (“to turn white, to whiten”)

   ‎mor (“purple”) + ‎-ar → ‎morarmak (“to turn purple, to bruise”)

2. Derives Transitive verbs from nouns.

   ‎ev (“home, house”) + ‎-er → ‎evermek (“to marry off”)

   ‎ön (“front, ahead”) + ‎-er → ‎önermek (“to put forward, to propose”)

From Proto-Brythonic *-ar, from Proto-Celtic *-aros, from Proto-Indo-European *-Hrós.[1] (See byddar (“deaf”).)

• IPA^(key): /ar/

-ar

1. adjectival suffix

   ‎cynt (“before, earlier”) + ‎-ar → ‎cynnar (“early”)

   ‎diwedd (“end”) + ‎-ar → ‎diweddar (“late”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-ar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies