-tar

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1 Finnish 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Denominal suffix 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Declension

Finnish

Etymology

Supposedly clipped from tytär "daughter" and then adapted to vowel harmony.

Denominal suffix

-tar (in words with back vowel harmony)

-tär (in words with front vowel harmony)

1. Forms the female counterpart of the person.

   kuningas king -> kuningatar queen

   näyttelijä actor -> näyttelijätär actress

Usage notes

• The suffix is appended to the genitive singular stem.

• Nowadays it's uncommon and oldfashioned to use the female forms of professions.

Declension

• The suffix has the form -tar/tär only in the nominative and partitive singular. It has, in other singular cases, the vowel stem -ttare/ttäre-; in plural, it the stem is -ttari/ttäri-. The genitive plural has an alternative form with the suffix -ten, appended to the nominative singular. Kuningatar has the following forms:

nominative singular	kuningatar
genitive singular	kuningattaren
partitive singular	kuningatarta
essive singular	kuningattarena
genitive plural	kuningattarien kuningatarten
partitive plural	kuningattaria
inessive plural	kuningattarissa