-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)

(deverbal) creates occupational agent nouns, -er, -ist
lvorjent → lvorínír
to dance → (professional) dancer
(denominal) creates nouns denoting inhabitants of settlements, -ian, -er
Lundenș → Lundenjír
London → Londoner

Varșaus → Varșavír
Warsaw → Varsovian
(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
(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.
When added to the suffix -draus, the resulting ending is -drovír.

Declension

Declension of -ír (semi-light)
		singular	plural
nominative		-ír /-iːr/	-íre /-iːrɛ/
vocative		-íse /-iːsɛ/	-íre /-iːrɛ/
genitive	proper	-í /-iː/	-íris /-iːris/
genitive	constructive	-í /-iː/	-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)

(inanimate, semi-productive, chiefly scientific or technological) creates agent nouns that are some sort of unit or component
zárt → zárír
to scatter → catalyst

Derived terms

▶ Radestrian terms suffixed with -ír