-арь

Russian Etymology ru :inh sla-pro:*-ařь ru sla-pro *-ařь. Pronunciation -арь y -а́рь y Suffix ru suffix -арь -а́рь noun-forming suffixes m Suffix added to nouns, verbs and adjectives to form masculine agent nouns, sometimes inanimate: -er, -or ru апте́ка pharmacy апте́карь pharmacist ru бунт riot, mutiny -а́рь бунта́рь rebel ru виногра́д grapes collective; vintage виногра́дарь winegrower ru очки́ glasses -а́рь очка́рь colloquial, pejorative four-eyes person wearing glasses ru те́хника engineering; technology; technique -а́рь техна́рь colloquial technician; student in a technical institute; athlete with technical virtuosity; technical defeat ru сло́во word -а́рь слова́рь dictionary ru паха́ть to plow па́харь plowman ru писа́ть to write пи́сарь clerk; scribe ru еба́ть vulgar to fuck ёбарь vulgar fucker; stud; boyfriend, lover ru ди́кий wild, savage -а́рь дика́рь savage ru сухо́й dry суха́рь piece of dried bread or similar (cracker, crouton, etc.); colloquial dried-up, boring person ru тупо́й stupid -а́рь тупа́рь colloquial stupid person Usage notes This suffix frequently forms colloquialisms. When added to nouns and adjectives, the suffix is more commonly stressed (with ending stress in all inflections), but added to verbs, it is normally unstressed. Some nouns added to verbs have an alternative plural in ru -а́, with plural inflections having ending stress (accent pattern c). Examples are ru то́карь turner, lathe operator and (archaicly) ru пи́сарь clerk, scribe. Declension a,b -арь m bi sometimes also: c -арь m(1) bi Derived terms ru cu Related terms ru -яр See also ru -дей, ru -тель, ru -ник, ru -ец (other suffixes used to form "doer" words)