"-air" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See -air in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [arʲ]
Etymology: From Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, ultimately from Latin -ārium, the accusative of -ārius (“-er”, agent suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|-aire}} Old Irish -aire, {{der|gd|fro|-aire}} Old French -aire, {{der|gd|la|-ārium}} Latin -ārium Head templates: {{head|gd|suffix}} -air
  1. Forming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, having’ Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--air-gd-suffix-g~xOvFxe Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
  2. Forming nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’ Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--air-gd-suffix-N5OB2iSA Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -iche, -adair, -ear
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        "1": "gd",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-aire"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French -aire",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "-ārium"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ārium",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, ultimately from Latin -ārium, the accusative of -ārius (“-er”, agent suffix).",
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  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "suffix",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-iche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-adair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "clàrsach (“harp”) + -air → clàrsair (“harpist”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "iasg (“fish”) + -air → iasgair (“fisherman”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "facal (“word, phrase”) + -air → faclair (“dictionary, vocabulary”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Samhain (“Halloween”) + -air → samhnair (“trick-or-treater”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sgrubair"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forming nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[arʲ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-air"
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    "Scottish Gaelic suffixes",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Latin",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old French",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish"
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
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      },
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
      "word": "-iche"
    },
    {
      "word": "-adair"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ear"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "text": "clàrsach (“harp”) + -air → clàrsair (“harpist”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "iasg (“fish”) + -air → iasgair (“fisherman”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "facal (“word, phrase”) + -air → faclair (“dictionary, vocabulary”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Samhain (“Halloween”) + -air → samhnair (“trick-or-treater”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Forming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, having’"
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sgrubair"
        }
      ],
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        "Forming nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[arʲ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-air"
}

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