-tar

See also: tar, Tar, TAR, tár, tår, tar-, -tär, and Appendix:Variations of "tar"

Estonian

Etymology

Cognate to Finnish -tar.

Suffix

-tar (genitive -tari, partitive -tari)

  1. Forms feminine agent or occupational nouns
    kaunis "beautiful" → kaunitar "beautiful woman"
    laulja "singer" → lauljatar "female singer"

Declension

Synonyms

  • -nna (in some cases)

Derived terms

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Finnish

Etymology

Supposedly clipped from tytär (daughter) and then adapted to vowel harmony.

Suffix

-tar (front vowel harmony variant -tär)

  1. Forms the female counterpart of nouns indicating a person.
    kuningas king → kuningatar queen
    näyttelijä actor → näyttelijätär actress
    saksalainen German → saksatar a German female

Usage notes

  • This is a nominal suffix, i.e. attached to nouns.
  • The suffix is appended to the weak stem.
  • With words ending in -lainen, -tar is appended to the stem not including -lainen.
  • Nowadays it's uncommon and old fashioned to use the female forms of professions.

Declension

Inflection of -tar (Kotus type 32/sisar, tt-t gradation)
nominative -tar -ttaret
genitive -ttaren -ttarien
-tarten
partitive -tarta -ttaria
illative -ttareen -ttariin
singular plural
nominative -tar -ttaret
accusative nom. -tar -ttaret
gen. -ttaren
genitive -ttaren -ttarien
-tarten
partitive -tarta -ttaria
inessive -ttaressa -ttarissa
elative -ttaresta -ttarista
illative -ttareen -ttariin
adessive -ttarella -ttarilla
ablative -ttarelta -ttarilta
allative -ttarelle -ttarille
essive -ttarena -ttarina
translative -ttareksi -ttariksi
instructive -ttarin
abessive -ttaretta -ttaritta
comitative -ttarineen

Derived terms

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  • -tär (front vowel variant)

Greenlandic

Affix

-tar (v-v?, additive?, VTV → VsV?)

  1. Signifies habitual behaviour.
    atuarpoq (attends school (once)) -> atuartarpoq (attends school (is a student))
    • 1992, "[timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=269791&pageId=3833037&lang=da Usuni kipigaa]", Atuagagdliutit
      Nammineq tissassarluni inersinnaannginnerluni anisuualu qanoq ililluni anisassava?
      I wonder if s/he will be unable to stimulate hirself to an orgasm, and how will the semen leave?

Usage notes

Was formerly sometimes truncative.

Derived terms

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References

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