Contionary:-aire

Skylandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz. Cognate with English, German and Dutch -er.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Fuiebergean) IPA: /ɛʁ/ [ɛɹ ~ ɛʁ ~ ɛɾ]
• (chiefly Bernstein) IPA: [ɛɐ̯]

Suffix

-aire (plural -aires)

1. -er; forms male agent nouns from verbs.

Declensions

Case	SG	PL
ERG	-aire	-aire
INTR
ACC
DAT
GEN		-airone

Related terms

• -eur
• -ître
• -ione

Derived terms

• Baisaire
• Toisaire
• Écrivaire
• Chauvaire
• Cauraire