 | ThisProto-Slavic entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence. |
FromGothic-𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃(-āreis), fromProto-Germanic*-ārijaz, fromLatin-ārius. Proto-Slavic borrowed from Gothic both the derivations (e.g.*mytařь(“tax collector”) and*bukařь(“scribe, literate man”)) and their base forms (*myto(“payment, gift”) and*buky(“beech; record; document”) which enabled synchronic morphological segmentation of the borrowed denominals and finally an analogical generalization of the*-ařь suffix for forming other denominal nouns with agentive meaning, on the basis of non-borrowed nominal stems (e.g.*kľučařь on the basis of*kľučь,*zidařь on the basis of*zidъ).
*-ařь m
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *-ařь | *-ařa | *-aři |
| genitive | *-ařa | *-ařu | *-ařь |
| dative | *-ařu | *-ařema | *-ařemъ |
| accusative | *-ařь | *-ařa | *-ařę̇ |
| instrumental | *-ařьmь,*-ařemь* | *-ařema | *-aři |
| locative | *-aři | *-ařu | *-ařixъ |
| vocative | *-ařu | *-ařa | *-aři |
*-ьmь in North Slavic,-emь in South Slavic.