"-ir" meaning in Old Norse

See -ir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Proto-Norse -ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *-jaz. Etymology templates: {{etymid|non|agentive}}, {{inh|non|gmq-pro|-ᛃᚨᛉ|id=agent}} Proto-Norse -ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ), {{inh|non|gem-pro|*-jaz}} Proto-Germanic *-jaz Head templates: {{head|non|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|g=m}} -ir m
  1. (rare) used to create agent nouns from class 1 weak verbs Tags: masculine, morpheme, rare Synonyms: -andi, -ari, -i
    Sense id: en--ir-non-suffix-urksknWA Categories (other): Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries, Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 17 12 34 14 15 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 11 34 14 15 8 Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 42 21 23 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: Originally multiple distinct endings: * In the u-stem nominative, from Proto-Germanic *-iwiz, from Proto-Indo-European *-ewes, from *-us (u-stem suffix) + *-es (nominative plural suffix). * In the i-stem nominative, from Proto-Germanic *-īz, from Proto-Indo-European *-eyes, from *-is (i-stem suffix) + *-es (nominative plural suffix). * In the i-stem accusative, by analogy with the ō-stems, which inflect similarly to the i-stems while having same ending in the nominative and accusative plural; this similarity is also why some ō-stems also take -ir in the nominative and accusative plural. Etymology templates: {{etymid|non|plural}}, {{inh|non|gem-pro|*-iwiz}} Proto-Germanic *-iwiz, {{inh|non|ine-pro|*-ewes}} Proto-Indo-European *-ewes, {{af|ine-pro|*-us|*-es|nocat=1|pos1=u-stem suffix|pos2=nominative plural suffix}} *-us (u-stem suffix) + *-es (nominative plural suffix), {{inh|non|gem-pro|*-īz}} Proto-Germanic *-īz, {{inh|non|ine-pro|*-eyes}} Proto-Indo-European *-eyes, {{af|ine-pro|*-is|*-es|nocat=1|pos1=i-stem suffix|pos2=nominative plural suffix}} *-is (i-stem suffix) + *-es (nominative plural suffix) Head templates: {{head|non|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes}} -ir
  1. i-stem/masculine u-stem indefinite nominative plural suffix Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ir-non-suffix-N9MXhr48
  2. feminine i-stem indefinite accusative plural suffix Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ir-non-suffix-hs-oERbi
  3. alternative indefinite nominative/accusative plural suffix for some ō-stems Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ir-non-suffix-rU5RkrfA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ir"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Norse dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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