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-fer

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Etymology

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From Latin -fer (bearer).

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-fer

  1. Holder or bearer of something.

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-fer (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -fera, masculine plural -fers, feminine plural -feres)

  1. -ferous; which contains, bearing
    una pedra plumbífera
    a lead-bearing rock

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *-foros. Related to ferō (to bear, to carry). Compare -ger from gerō. Akin to Proto-Germanic *bēriz.

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    -fer (feminine -fera, neuter -ferum); first/second-declension suffix (nominative masculine singular in -er)

    1. -bearing, -carrying, -bringing

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    First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative -fer -fera -ferum -ferī -ferae -fera
    genitive -ferī -ferae -ferī -ferōrum -ferārum -ferōrum
    dative -ferō -ferae -ferō -ferīs
    accusative -ferum -feram -ferum -ferōs -ferās -fera
    ablative -ferō -ferā -ferō -ferīs
    vocative -fer -fera -ferum -ferī -ferae -fera

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