-άρα
Greek
Suffix
-άρα • (-ára) f
- added to nouns to give a augmentative form, expressing large size or affection:
- also augmentative for female given names:
- Ελένη (Eléni, “Helen”) + -άρα (-ára) → Ελενάρα (Elenára)
Declension
Suffix
-άρα • (-ára) f (feminine adjectives, often substantivised)
- feminine nominative, accuative and vocative singular of -άρης (-áris)
- used to indicate a female person of an approximate age:
- σαράντα (saránta, “forty”) + -άρα (-ára) → σαραντάρα (sarantára, “fortysomething (woman)”)
- of quantities, measures:
- χίλια (chília, “thousand”) + -άρα (-ára) → χιλιάρα (chiliára, “(engine of) a thousand horsepower”)
- τέσσερα (téssera, “4”) + -άρα (-ára) → τεσσάρα (tessára, “4 football (soccer) goals”)
- Η ομάδα έφαγε τεσσάρα.
- I omáda éfage tessára.
- The team was defeated (literally: ate) by four [goals].
- used to indicate a female person of an approximate age:
See also
- -αριά f (-ariá)
Further reading
- "-άρα 1", "-άρα 2", -άρης, -άρα, -άρικο/-άρι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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