-ary / -ory / -ery
relating to; a place or person connected with
Latin · -arius, -aria, -orium
Forms adjectives meaning relating to (primary, necessary) and nouns for places or people connected with something: library (books), factory (making), secretary. Variants are -ory and -ery.
Memory trick
-ary is a vary-ety shop: each word names the place or kind of thing connected with it.
Words from this root
- library (libr + ary) — a place with booksपुस्तकालय
- dictionary (diction + ary) — a book of word meaningsशब्दकोश
- primary (prim + ary) — first in orderप्राथमिक
- secondary (second + ary) — coming second in orderद्वितीयक, माध्यमिक
- necessary (necess + ary) — needed, must haveज़रूरी
- ordinary (ordin + ary) — usual, not specialसाधारण
- military (milit + ary) — relating to armed forcesसैन्य
- salary (sal + ary) — regular pay for workवेतन
- factory (fact + ory) — a place where goods are madeकारख़ाना
- dormitory (dormit + ory) — a large sleeping roomछात्रावास
- bakery (bak + ery) — a place where bread is bakedबेकरी
- stationery (station + ery) — paper, pens and writing itemsलेखन सामग्री