-ír

See also: ir

Radestrian

Etymology

From Middle Radestrian -ér, from Old Radestrian -ēr, inherited from Proto-Radic *-ēr, from Proto-Hirdic *-éḡis, from Proto-Laenkean *-éges.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-iːr/

Suffix

-ír anim (nominal, countable, genitive singular -í, nominative plural -íre, compound form -je-, -ie-, -í-, relational adjective -íș)

1. (deverbal) creates occupational agent nouns, -er, -ist

   lvorjent → lvorínír

   to dance → (professional) dancer

2. (denominal) creates nouns denoting inhabitants of settlements, -ian, -er

   Lundenș → Lundenjír

   London → Londoner

   Varșaus → Varșavír

   Warsaw → Varsovian

3. (denominal) creates nouns denoting partisans or adherents to parties, factions, schools of thought, fields of study or other arbitrary divisions of a population, -ist

   nacír

   Nazi

   vișír

   partisan under the Vichy regime

   ralgír

   centrist

   þyrișír

   (in a university context) student of German, Germanist

4. (semi-productive) creates nouns denoting people with a condition

   atsvaliș → atsvalír

   autistic → person with autism

   fývyrvaliș → fývyrvalír

   diabetic → person with diabetes

Usage notes

• Typically used in the first sense when the agent is contracted and/or remunerated for their services; for non-remunerated/neutral agency, see -udzs.

Declension

Declension of -ír (semi-light)
		singular	plural
nominative		-ír /-iːr/	-íre /-iːrɛ/
vocative		-íse /-iːsɛ/
genitive	proper	-í /-iː/	-íris /-iːris/
	constructive		-jes, -ies /-jɛs/ /-ies/
dative		-ea /-æː/	-írín /-iːriːn/
accusative		-íd /-iːd/	-írid /-iːrid/
instrumental		-eúr /-ɛ.uːr/	-íríe /-iːriːɛ/

Suffix

-ír inan (nominal, countable, genitive singular -í, nominative plural -íre, compound form -je-, -ie-, -í-, relational adjective -íș)

1. (chiefly scientific or technological) creates agent nouns that are some sort of unit or component

   stralurut → stralurír

   to flash → speed camera

   zárt → zárír

   to scatter → catalyst

Usage notes

• When added to the suffix:
  • -draus, the resulting ending is -drovír.
  • -rut, the resulting ending is -rír, as with -rt.
  • -yt (stem in -y-), the resulting ending is -ỉr. The alternative spelling -ỷr is deprecated.

Derived terms

▶ Radestrian terms suffixed with -ír