-r

-r

1. (indirect object suffix) them

Mostly borrowed from Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”). Cognate to Finnish -ari, -uri.

-r (genitive -ri, partitive -rit)

1. Forms various agent nouns.

   kala "fish" → kalur "fisherman"

   tuupima "to study excessively" → tuupur "nerd"

   surfama "to surf" → surfar "surfer"

   õppima "to learn" → õppur "learner"

   rokk "rock music" → rokkar "rocker"

-r

1. Alternative form of -ra

-r

1. Alternative form of -re

From the Old Irish ro- (perfective prefix).

-r

1. 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.

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

-r

1. denotes the nominative singular of adjectives, masculine a-stem, i-stem, u-stem, and an-stem, as well as feminine ijo-stem nouns
2. denotes the nominative and accusative plurals of r- and consonant stem nouns

• Faroese: -ur
• Icelandic: -ur
• Old Swedish: -er

• IPA^(key): /r/

-r

1. 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.
2. 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.

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.

plural suffix

• -or
• -ar
• -er
• -n

present tense suffix

• -er

-r

Post-vocalic form of -er.

1. Simple present tense suffix.

   oku(-mak) – okur

   (to) read – he/she/it reads

• Personal suffixes are added after "-r".

  oku + -r + -um = okurum (I read)

  oku + -r + -sun = okursun (you read)

  oku + -r = okur (he/she/it reads)

  oku + -r + -uz = okuruz (we read)

  oku + -r + -sunuz = okursunuz (you read)

  oku + -r + -lar = okurlar (they read)

• If the verb ends in a consonant, then this suffix becomes "-ar", "-er", "-ır", "-ir", "-ur" or "-ür"

  -ar: yap – yapar, çık – çıkar, kon – konar, sun – sunar

  -er: et – eder, git – gider, sön – söner, büz – büzer

  -ır: kal – kalır, çıldır – çıldırır

  -ir: gel – gelir, veril – verilir

  -ur: ol – olur, bul – bulur

  -ür: gör – görür, ölün – ölünür