-αριά

Greek

Etymology

In sense 1, derived from similar -άρι (-ári). In rest of senses, a Byzantine Greek creation.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈɾʝa/

Suffix

-αριά • (-ariá) f

used to indicate an approximate age or amount:
‎δέκα (déka, “ten”) + ‎-αριά (-ariá) → ‎δεκαριά (dekariá, “around ten, about ten”)
‎είκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) + ‎-αριά (-ariá) → ‎εικοσαριά (eikosariá, “around twenty, about twenty”)
used to indicate a device which uses or causes the noun it is suffixed to:
‎κλειδί (kleidí, “key”) + ‎-αριά (-ariá) → ‎κλειδαριά (kleidariá, “lock, padlock”)
‎ζυγός (zygós, “balance, scale”) + ‎-αριά (-ariá) → ‎ζυγαριά (zygariá, “scales”)
‎ψήνω (psíno, “to roast, to cook”) + ‎-αριά (-ariá) → ‎ψησταριά (psistariá, “rotisserie, barbecue”)
added to a fruit/plant/body organ noun, to create words for trees/plants that produce it or when it is used (in the case of body organs) as food
‎pine (pine, “κουκουνάρι”) + ‎-αριά (-ariá) → ‎κουκουναριά (koukounariá, “pine tree”)
‎λυγίζω (lygízo, “to bend”) + ‎-αριά (-ariá) → ‎λυγαριά (lygariá, “osier, wicker”)
‎συκώτι (sykóti, “liver”) + ‎-αριά (-ariá) → ‎συκωταριά (sykotariá, “offal, entrails”)

Declension

declension of -αριά

	singular	plural
nominative	-αριά •	-αριές •
genitive	-αριάς •	-αριών •
accusative	-αριά •	-αριές •
vocative	-αριά •	-αριές •

Derived terms

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Related terms

-άρα f (-ára)
-αρία f (-aría)
-άρι n (-ári)