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-tar
-tar
Finnish
Suffix
-tar (front vowel harmony variant -tär)
- Forms the female counterpart of nouns indicating a person.
- kuningas king → kuningatar queen
- näyttelijä actor → näyttelijätär actress
- saksalainen German → saksatar a German female
Declension
| Inflection of -tar (Kotus type 32/sisar, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -tar | -ttaret | |
| genitive | -ttaren | -ttarien -tarten |
|
| partitive | -tarta | -ttaria | |
| illative | -ttareen | -ttariin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -tar | -ttaret | |
| accusative | nom. | -tar | -ttaret |
| gen. | -ttaren | ||
| genitive | -ttaren | -ttarien -tarten |
|
| partitive | -tarta | -ttaria | |
| inessive | -ttaressa | -ttarissa | |
| elative | -ttaresta | -ttarista | |
| illative | -ttareen | -ttariin | |
| adessive | -ttarella | -ttarilla | |
| ablative | -ttarelta | -ttarilta | |
| allative | -ttarelle | -ttarille | |
| essive | -ttarena | -ttarina | |
| translative | -ttareksi | -ttariksi | |
| instructive | — | -ttarin | |
| abessive | -ttaretta | -ttaritta | |
| comitative | — | -ttarineen | |
Usage notes
- This is a nominal suffix, i.e. attached to nouns.
- The suffix is appended to the weak stem.
- With words ending in -lainen, -tar is appended to the stem not including -lainen.
- Nowadays it's uncommon and old fashioned to use the female forms of professions.
Related terms
- -tär (back vowel variant)
Derived terms
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