"-ari" meaning in Finnish

See -ari in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -äri [front-vowel]
Etymology: Mostly borrowed from Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”) (itself mostly from Latin -ārius) through its use in many loanwords. Partially from and reinforced by -ri. Etymology templates: {{bor|fi|non|-ari||suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs}} Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”), {{der|fi|la|-ārius}} Latin -ārius, {{m|fi|-ri}} -ri Head templates: {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-äri||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-Ari||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -ari (front vowel harmony variant -äri, linguistic notation -Ari), {{fi-suffix|noun|var=äri}} -ari (front vowel harmony variant -äri, linguistic notation -Ari)
  1. Used to create names of occupations from nouns or verbs. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ari-fi-suffix-W4UVZclx Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 28 30 25 17
  2. (colloquial) General denominal noun suffix. Tags: colloquial, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ari-fi-suffix-ic-KblLq Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 28 30 25 17
  3. (colloquial) Denominal suffix used to clip nouns. Tags: colloquial, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ari-fi-suffix-T5IMj~Nu Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 28 30 25 17
  4. (slang) Used to create terms meaning "supporter of something" Tags: morpheme, slang
    Sense id: en--ari-fi-suffix-hnfpYock Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 28 30 25 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -uri

Alternative forms

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