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-ar-

1. Root form of -aro

-ar-

1. suffix denoting a collection, group or set of objects or beings

• -e-, -a-

From Old Norse -ar, the genitive singular ending for strong feminine nouns.

-ar- m or f

1. Used to form indefinite genitive singulars of strong feminine nouns, used in compounds.

   ‎tid (“time”) + ‎bolk (“section”) → ‎tidarbolk (“period”)

-ar-

1. Root form of -aro

• -al-
• ar-
• -arar-

-ar-

1. infix denoting plural marker for nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns

   ‎budak (“child”) + ‎-ar- (“plural marker”) → ‎barudak (“children”)

   ‎buruk (“rotten”) + ‎-ar- (“plural marker”) → ‎baruruk (“rotten, i.e. many are rotten”)

   ‎sia (“you (vulgar)”) + ‎-ar- (“plural marker”) → ‎saria (“you (plural, vulgar); you lot”)

• In words that start with a vowel, the infix is turned into a prefix ar-.

  ‎ulin (“to play”) + ‎-ar- (“plural marker”) → ‎arulin (“playing, i.e. many are playing”)

  ‎asup (“to enter”) + ‎-ar- (“plural marker”) → ‎arasup (“enterin, i.e. many are entering”)

• In words that start with an ⟨l⟩, ⟨r⟩, or any consonant cluster, the infix will turn into -al-.

  ‎bageur (“well-behaved”) + ‎-ar- (“plural marker”) → ‎barageur (“well-behaved, i.e. many are well behaved”)

  ‎badeur (“naughty”) + ‎-ar- (“plural marker”) → ‎baladeur (“naughty, i.e. many are naughty”)

• The affix can be reduplicated into -arar- to denote intensity or plural of groups.

  budak (“child”) → barudak (“children”) → bararudak ("many, many children")

  haneut (“warm”) → haraneut (“very warm”) → hararaneut ("very, very warm")