-αράς

See also: -άρας

Greek

Etymology

Intensifier from the Mediaeval Byzantine Greek -αρᾶς.[1]. From the neuter diminutive -άρι + masculine augmentative ending -ᾶς.[2]. E.g. παλληκάρι(ν) (braveheart) > παλληκαρᾶς or παλικαράς.

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

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  • -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. Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), -αράς”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  2. "-αρας" in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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