-ара
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian -ара / -ara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [-ˈara]
- Rhymes: -ara
- Hyphenation: -а‧ра
Suffix
-ара (-ara) f
- (productive, colloquial, Serbism) forms nouns for rooms, shops, or other places or sites
- Synonym: -арня (-arnja)
- (obsolete) дещар (deščar, “lumberjack”) + -ара (-ara) → (obsolete) дещара (deščara, “lumberyard”)
- древар (drevar, “lumberjack”) + -ара (-ara) → древара (drevara, “lumberyard”)
- млєчар (mlječar, “milkman”) + -ара (-ara) → млєчара (mlječara, “dairy”)
- сушиц (sušic, “to dry”) + -ара (-ara) → сушара (sušara, “drying room”)
- цегляр (cehljar, “bricklayer”) + -ара (-ara) → цегляра (cehljara, “brickyard”)
Usage notes
- All nouns derived with this suffix have a more formal, more literary equivalent suffixed with -арня (-arnja), i.e. древарня (drevarnja), цеглярня (cehljarnja), млєчарня (mlječarnja), etc.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ара (-ara) | -ари (-ari) |
| genitive | -ари (-ari) | -арох (-arox) |
| dative | -ари (-ari) | -аром (-arom) |
| accusative | -ару (-aru) | -ари (-ari) |
| instrumental | -ару (-aru) | -арами (-arami) |
| locative | -ари (-ari) | -арох (-arox) |
| vocative | -аро (-aro) | -ари (-ari) |
Derived terms
Pannonian Rusyn terms suffixed with -ара
References
- Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1997), “-ара”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 863
Serbo-Croatian
Suffix
-ара (Latin spelling -ara)
- Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a performer, woman with big parts of body, shop or workshop.