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{{also|tar|Tar|TAR|tár|tår|tar-|-tär|Appendix:Variations of "tar"}}
==Estonian==

===Etymology===
Cognate to {{cog|fi|-tar}}.

===Suffix===
{{et-noun|suff=1|-tari|-tari}}

# {{non-gloss definition|Forms feminine agent or occupational nouns}}
#: {{l|et|kaunis}} "beautiful" → {{l|et|kaunitar}} "beautiful woman"
#: {{l|et|laulja}} "singer" → {{l|et|lauljatar}} "female singer"

====Declension====
{{et-decl-seminar|-tar}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|et|-nna}} ''(in some cases)''

====Derived terms====
{{suffixsee|et}}

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==Finnish==

===Etymology===
Supposedly clipped from {{m|fi|tytär||daughter}} and then adapted to [[vowel harmony]].

===Suffix===
{{fi-suffix|noun|var=tär}}

# {{non-gloss definition|Forms the female counterpart of nouns indicating a person.}}
#: ''[[kuningas]]'' king → ''[[kuningatar]]'' queen
#: ''[[näyttelijä]]'' actor → ''[[näyttelijätär]]'' actress
#: ''[[saksalainen]]'' German → ''[[saksatar]]'' a German female

====Usage notes====
* This is a nominal suffix, i.e. attached to nouns.
* The suffix is appended to the weak stem.
* With words ending in {{m|fi|-lainen}}, {{m|fi||-tar}} is appended to the stem not including {{m|fi||-lainen}}.
* Nowadays it's uncommon and old fashioned to use the female forms of professions.

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-sisar|-|t|tt|ar|a}}

====Derived terms====
{{suffixsee|fi}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|fi|-tär}} {{qualifier|back vowel variant}}

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==Greenlandic==

===Affix===
{{kl-affix|v-v|add|VsV=yes}}

# {{ngd|Signifies habitual behaviour.}}
#: {{m|kl|atuarpoq||attends school (once)}} -> {{m|kl|atuartarpoq||attends school (is a student)}}

====Usage notes====
Was formerly sometimes truncative.

====Derived terms====
{{suffixsee|kl}}

===References===
* {{R:VGG|page=124}}
* {{R:Katersat|2784|dm=yes}}
* {{R:VGG|page=75}}