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Meaning of -ar | Babel Free

Phrase masculine
ar

Definitions

  1. Used to form regular indefinite plurals of most masculine nouns.
    feminine, masculine, morpheme
  2. Used to form nouns from verbs, a person who performs the action of the verb.
    masculine, morpheme
  3. A name suffix, meaning warrior, guardian or spear
    masculine, morpheme
  4. Used to form regular indefinite plurals of some feminine nouns.
    feminine, masculine, morpheme

Examples

“gut (“boy”) + -ar → gutar (“boys”)”
“gjerning (“act”) + -ar → gjerningar (“acts”)”
“Ein som lever av å baka, er ein bakar.”

One who makes his living baking is a baker.

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