"-ger" meaning in All languages combined

See -ger on Wiktionary

Suffix [Latin]

IPA: [ɡɛr] [Classical-Latin], [d͡ʒer] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Italic *gezō Latin gerō Latin -ger From gerō (“to carry, to bear”). Compare -fer (“-bearing, -carrying”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|gerō<t:to carry, to bear>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Italic *gezō Latin gerō Latin -ger [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*gezō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "gerō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ger", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="-ger"> From gerō (“to carry, to bear”). Head templates: {{la-suffix-adj|-ger}} -ger (feminine -gera, neuter -gerum); first/second-declension suffix (nominative masculine singular in -er) Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|-ger}} Forms: -gera [feminine], -gerum [neuter], in -er [masculine, nominative, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ger [masculine, nominative, singular], -gera [feminine, nominative, singular], -gerum [neuter, nominative, singular], -gerī [masculine, nominative, plural], -gerae [feminine, nominative, plural], -gera [neuter, nominative, plural], -gerī [genitive, masculine, singular], -gerae [feminine, genitive, singular], -gerī [genitive, neuter, singular], -gerōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], -gerārum [feminine, genitive, plural], -gerōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], -gerō [dative, masculine, singular], -gerae [dative, feminine, singular], -gerō [dative, neuter, singular], -gerīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -gerum [accusative, masculine, singular], -geram [accusative, feminine, singular], -gerum [accusative, neuter, singular], -gerōs [accusative, masculine, plural], -gerās [accusative, feminine, plural], -gera [accusative, neuter, plural], -gerō [ablative, masculine, singular], -gerā [ablative, feminine, singular], -gerō [ablative, neuter, singular], -gerīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -ger [masculine, singular, vocative], -gera [feminine, singular, vocative], -gerum [neuter, singular, vocative], -gerī [masculine, plural, vocative], -gerae [feminine, plural, vocative], -gera [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. Forms adjectives meaning “-bearing, -carrying” from nouns. Tags: declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in -er",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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          "-gerī",
          "-geri#Latin"
        ]
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerī",
          "-geri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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          "-gerī",
          "-geri#Latin"
        ]
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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          "-gerorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerārum",
          "-gerarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerōrum",
          "-gerorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerō",
          "-gero#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerō",
          "-gero#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerīs",
          "-geris#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-geram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerōs",
          "-geros#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerās",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerās",
          "-geras#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerō",
          "-gero#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerā",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerā",
          "-gera#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerō",
          "-gero#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerīs",
          "-geris#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerī",
          "-geri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "-ger"
      },
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      "name": "la-suffix-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ger"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms adjectives meaning “-bearing, -carrying” from nouns."
      ],
      "id": "en--ger-la-suffix-lVPVIBtn",
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒer]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ger"
}
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      "lang": "Italian",
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  ],
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      "form": "-gera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in -er",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerī",
          "-geri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerī",
          "-geri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerī",
          "-geri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerōrum",
          "-gerorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerārum",
          "-gerarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerōrum",
          "-gerorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerō",
          "-gero#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerō",
          "-gero#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerīs",
          "-geris#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-geram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerōs",
          "-geros#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerās",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerās",
          "-geras#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerō",
          "-gero#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerā",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerā",
          "-gera#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerō",
          "-gero#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerīs",
          "-geris#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gerī",
          "-geri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ger"
      },
      "expansion": "-ger (feminine -gera, neuter -gerum); first/second-declension suffix (nominative masculine singular in -er)",
      "name": "la-suffix-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ger"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 1-syllable words",
        "Latin adjective-forming suffixes",
        "Latin entries with etymology texts",
        "Latin entries with etymology trees",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension suffixes",
        "Latin first and second declension suffixes with nominative masculine singular in -er",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin suffixes",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eǵ- (drive)",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms adjectives meaning “-bearing, -carrying” from nouns."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒer]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ger"
}

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