-ίλα

-ίλα

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek -ίλα (-íla), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈila/

Suffix

-ίλα • (-íla) f

1. (colloquial) Added to a noun or adjective to indicate a bad smell or taste:

   ‎ξινός (xinós, “sour”) + ‎-ίλα (-íla) → ‎ξινίλα (xiníla, “sour taste”)

   ‎σκατό (skató, “shit”) + ‎-ίλα (-íla) → ‎σκατίλα (skatíla, “smell of shit”)

   ‎ψάρι (psári, “fish”) + ‎-ίλα (-íla) → ‎ψαρίλα (psaríla, “fishy smell”)

   ‎ποδάρι (podári, “foot”) + ‎-ίλα (-íla) → ‎ποδαρίλα (podaríla, “foot stench”)

2. (colloquial) Added to a noun, adjective or verb to indicate a colouring or hue:

   ‎μαύρος (mávros, “black”) + ‎-ίλα (-íla) → ‎μαυρίλα (mavríla, “blackness”)

   ‎κίτρινος (kítrinos, “yellow”) + ‎-ίλα (-íla) → ‎κιτρινίλα (kitriníla, “yellowness”)

3. (colloquial) or (slang) Added to a noun, adjective, or verb to indicate general sense:

   ‎ογδόντα (ogdónta, “eighty”) + ‎-ίλα (-íla) → ‎ογδοντίλα (ogdontíla, “80s-ness”)

   ‎καλτ (kalt, “cult”) + ‎-ίλα (-íla) → ‎καλτίλα (kaltíla, “cultness”)

Declension

declension of -ίλα

	singular	plural
nominative	-ίλα •	-ίλες •
genitive	-ίλας •	—
accusative	-ίλα •	-ίλες •
vocative	-ίλα •	-ίλες •

Derived terms

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