"-ger" meaning in All languages combined

See -ger on Wiktionary

Suffix [Latin]

IPA: [ɡɛr] [Classical-Latin], [d͡ʒer] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From gerō (“to carry, to bear”). Compare -fer (“-bearing, -carrying”). 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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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "-gero"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gerō (“to carry, to bear”). Compare -fer (“-bearing, -carrying”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-gera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in -er",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerum",
      "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": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin first and second declension suffixes with nominative masculine singular in -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "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"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "-gero"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gerō (“to carry, to bear”). Compare -fer (“-bearing, -carrying”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-gera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in -er",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gerum",
      "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 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 with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "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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