-αράς

See also: -άρας

Greek

Etymology

Intensifier, inherited from Byzantine Greek -αρᾶς (-arâs),[1] also -αράς (-arás).[2] From the neuter diminutive -άρι(ν) (-ári(n)) + masculine augmentative ending -ᾶς (-âs).[3] E.g. παλληκάρι(ν) (pallēkári(n), braveheart) > παλληκαρᾶς (pallēkarâs) or παλικαράς (palikarás).

Suffix

-αράς • (-arás) m (feminine: -ού (-oú) neute: -άδικο (-ádiko) and colloquial -ούδικο (-oúdiko))

  1. intensifier added to nouns which derive from nouns, verbs or verbal derivatives:
    χορεύω (chorévo, dance) + -αράς (-arás)χορευταράς (choreftarás, great dancer)
    Έλληνας (Éllinas, Greek) + -αράς (-arás)Ελληναράς (Ellinarás, ultra Greek, obsessed with being Greek; -here, ironic-)

Declension

Endings for the three genders of the noun, as in the similar adjectives:

Synonyms

  • -άρας (-áras) (augmentative for proper masculine names)
  • -αρος (-aros) (as augmentative)

Antonyms

Derived terms

Greek terms suffixed with -αράς
  • -άρης m (-áris), -άρισσα f (-árissa)
  • -άρι n (-ári)
  • -άριος m (-ários) (for occupation)
  • -άρος m (-áros), -αρός (-arós)
  • -άρα f (-ára) (augmentative)
  • -αράκι n (-aráki) (diminutive)
  • -αριά f (-ariá) (collective)
  • -αρίζω (-arízo) (for verbs)
  • -άρω (-áro) (for verbs)
  • -ιάρης m (-iáris), -ιάρισσα f (-iárissa)

References

  1. -αράς - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  2. The Cambridge Grammar of Medieval and Early Modern Greek. (2019) by David Holton, Geoffrey Horrocks, Marjolijne Janssen, Tina Lendari, Io Manolessou & Notis Toufexis. Cambridge University Press. 4 vols. DOI - intro §2.2.1.
  3. "-αρας" - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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