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Appendix:Variations of "re"
Ainu
Alternative forms
ain -e used after r
ain -te used after consonants other than r
Pronunciation
/re/
Suffix
ain suffix
Forms causative verbs ending in a vowel. makes, let, causes to happen.
ain e ere to eat to feed; to make eat
ain ku kure to drink to make drink
ain pirka pirkare to be good to improve
ain kore korere to give to make someone give
Usage notes
The Ainu causative suffix takes three forms depending on the final sound of the verb stem to which it attaches:
ain -re is used after vowels (e.g. ain e → ain ere).
ain -e is used after ain r (e.g. ain kor → ain kore).
ain -te is used after all other consonants (e.g. ain oman → ain omante).
The suffix ain -re/ain -e/ain -te is a suffix that adds exactly one valency (the argument a verb takes), as compared to indefinite causative ain -yar, which does not add valency at all. Thus, it transforms intransitive verbs into transitive verbs and transitive verbs into ditransitive verbs.
See also
ain -yar indefinite causativeReconsidering Causative Constructions in Ainu Anna Bugaeva 2014 Northern Language Studies 127-147 http://hdl.handle.net/2115/55125 Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University
References
Catalan
Etymology
ca :inh la:-ere
ca la -ere.
Pronunciation
ca [-ɾə] Central,Balearic
ca [-ɾe] Valencian
Suffix
ca suffix
Forms Catalan second conjugation verbs
Conjugation
Variations to the Catalan second conjugation may show up.
Regular conjugation
The preterite originally had ca -est for the second person singular and ca -ès for the plural in older versions of Catalan.
Finnish
Alternative forms
fi -r
Etymology
From fi -ra -e.
Pronunciation
*
Suffix
noun
Forms nouns, mostly from nominal stems.
Usage notes
Attaches to the strong stem, while the alternative form fi -r attaches to the weak stem.
Declension
-r a
-r ä
Derived terms
fi
References
French
Etymology
fr la -ere, third conjugation infinitive of la -ō or la -iō.
Pronunciation
-r
fr -re
Suffix
one of the three main verb endings, along with fr -er and fr -ir
Usage notes
Technically, fr -re is not a suffix or even a verb ending proper, as it is always part of a wider pattern in fr -dre, fr -ttre, fr -ire etc., and is only used as such for its practical aspect, as it groups verbs of very different conjugations, and several verbs of the third group do not end in fr -re.
Conjugation
fr four entries generate no pronunciation here
The table above shows the conjugation of verbs ending in -dre (e.g. fr rendre, fr vendre, fr ardre).
In most verbs ending in -ttre, -tt regularly degeminates to -t before suffixes -s and -∅ (fr battre — bats, bat, not *batts, *batt).
In most verbs ending in -ire, -is- are added between verb stem and verb ending starting in vowels (fr conduire — conduisais, but conduis), and past participle ends in -t, not *-isu.
There are many exceptions on -re verbs, the most irregular -re verb is the auxiliary verb fr être. See more at Appendix:French irregular verbs.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
hu rɛ 1
hu -re
Suffix
hu suffix case suffixes
hu sublative case suffix Front-vowel variant of hu -ra. See details there.
hu szőnyeg carpet → hu Tedd a szőnyegre. Put it on the carpet.
hu perc minute, moment → hu egy percre for a moment
hu kedd Tuesday → hu Kész lesz keddre? Will it be ready by Tuesday?
Usage notes
See also
hu rá
:Category:Hungarian terms taking -ra/-re
Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Japanese
Romanization
れ
Middle English
Etymology 1
enm :inh ang:-ru plural
enm ang -ru, from enm gmw-pro *-iʀu, from enm gem-pro *-izō.
Alternative forms
enm -er -ere
Pronunciation
enm /-ər(ə)/ /-rə/
Suffix
enm suffix inflectional suffixes
Used to form the plural of the z-stem nouns enm calf calf (young cow), enm child, enm ey egg, and enm lamb and their derivatives
enm -ren
Descendants
en -er plural obsolete
(gmw-msc childer, gmw-msc cair)
(sco childer, sco caur)
References
-e)re suf.(2) MED14295
Etymology 2
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -ere comparative suffix comparative
Etymology 3
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -eren
Etymology 4
Suffix
enm noun 1
enm -erie
Old English
Etymology 1
From ang gem-pro *-ārijaz, likely from ang la -ārius.
Pronunciation
-re
ang -re
Suffix
m ang Late West Saxon
ang -ere: -er; forms masculine agent nouns, originally applied only to nouns
ang fugol<t:fowl, bird> fuglre<t:fowler>
Declension
-r
Derived terms
ang
Descendants
en -er
Etymology 2
Suffix
adjf 1 f
marks the strong feminine genitive, dative, and instrumental singular of adjectives
Romanian
Etymology
From the ro la - infinitive endings (la -are, la -ere, la -ire). Used in Romanian with a verb to form the "long infinitive", which is a verbal noun. See also the short infinitive forms of Romanian verbs, ro -a, ro -ea, ro -e, and ro -i.
Pronunciation
ro /re/
ro -re
Suffix
f -ri 1
Attached to the ends of verb infinitives to form nouns, meaning "the action or result of"; -ing, -ation
ro traduce to translate traducere - translating, translation (the action or result of translation)
ro conjuga to conjugate conjugare - conjugating, conjugation (the action or result of conjugation)
ro vorbi to speak vorbire - speech, speaking (the action or result of speech)
ro avea to have avere - wealth, riches (the result of having)
Usage notes
Most verb infinitives simply add -re, but second conjugation verbs (those ending in -ea) drop the a before adding the suffix. Verbs in -î change to â in accordance with normal orthographic rules.
Type 1
ro cânta becomes ro cântare
ro lucra becomes ro lucrare
Type 2
ro plăcea becomes ro plăcere
ro vedea becomes ro vedere
Type 3
ro cere becomes ro cerere
ro naște becomes ro naștere
Type 4
ro vorbi becomes ro vorbire
ro urî becomes ro urâre
Declension
-r
Slovak
Pronunciation
Suffix
sk suffix form
sk -ra dat//loc s
Spanish
Pronunciation
hre<hyph:-re>
Suffix
es suffix
es archaic first/third-person singular future subjunctive
Swedish
Etymology
sv non -ri, sv gem-pro *-izô 1.
Pronunciation
sv /-rɛ/
sv -re
Suffix
sv suffix
Forms the comparative degree of a few adjectives, most of which change their stem vowel (umlaut) when this happens.
lång (long), längre (longer)
ung (young), yngre (younger)
See also
sv -are
Pronoun
sv pronoun
sv colloquial sv det; see sv re
Pronoun
sv pronoun
sv colloquial sv dig; see sv re
Anagrams
sv er -er er er-