-атор
Russian
Alternative forms
- -я́тор (-játor) (after л)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -ātor, from -tor added to verbs in -āre. Influenced by French -ateur, itself a borrowing from the same Latin suffix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈatər]
Suffix
-а́тор • (-átor)
- Suffix used to form agent nouns (both animate and inanimate) from verbs in -и́ровать (-írovatʹ), -ирова́ть (-irovátʹ) and -ова́ть (-ovátʹ): -ator, -er
- декори́ровать (dekorírovatʹ, “to decorate”) + -а́тор (-átor) → декора́тор (dekorátor, “decorator”)
- эксплуати́ровать (ekspluatírovatʹ, “to exploit”) + -а́тор (-átor) → эксплуата́тор (ekspluatátor, “exploiter”)
- экзаменова́ть (ekzamenovátʹ, “to test (with an exam)”) + -а́тор (-átor) → экзамена́тор (ekzamenátor, “examiner, tester (someone who administers an exam)”)
Usage notes
Declension
Declension of -а́тор (bian masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -а́тор -átor |
-а́торы -átory |
| genitive | -а́тора -átora |
-а́торов -átorov |
| dative | -а́тору -átoru |
-а́торам -átoram |
| accusative animate inanimate |
-а́тора -átora |
-а́торов -átorov |
| -а́тор -átor |
-а́торы -átory | |
| instrumental | -а́тором -átorom |
-а́торами -átorami |
| prepositional | -а́торе -átore |
-а́торах -átorax |
Derived terms
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Serbo-Croatian
Suffix
-атор (Latin spelling -ator)
- Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession or a performer, used chiefly for words of Latin origin.
See also
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