-ώροφος
Greek
Etymology
Learnedly, from Ancient Greek -ώροφος (-ṓrophos).[1] The noun ὄροφος (órophos) as second combining form, with vowel change according to Wackernagel's law "lengthening in composition" (here, from brachy, short omicron ⟨ο⟩ to macron, long omega ⟨ω⟩).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈo.ɾo.fos/
- Hyphenation: -ώ‧ρο‧φος
Suffix
-ώροφος • (-órofos) m
- the noun όροφος (órofos) as second combining form of adjectives or nouns denoting the number of floors or their characteristics
- τρι- (tri-, “tri-, three”) + -ώροφος (-órofos) → τριώροφος (triórofos, “three floor”)
- ημι- (imi-, “semi-”) + -ώροφος (-órofos) → ημιώροφος (imiórofos, “mezzanine, entresol,”)
Declension
As a noun:
declension of -ώροφος
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | -ώροφος • | -ώροφοι • | |
genitive | -ώροφου • -ωρόφου • | -ωρόφων • | |
accusative | -ώροφο • | -ώροφους • -ωρόφους • | |
vocative | -ώροφε • | -ώροφοι • | |
The second forms, less formal, colloquial. |
As an adjective:
Declension of -ώροφος
number case / gender | singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | -ώροφος • | -ώροφη • | -ώροφο • | -ώροφοι • | -ώροφες • | -ώροφα • |
genitive | -ώροφου • | -ώροφης • | -ώροφου • | -ώροφων • | -ώροφων • | -ώροφων • |
accusative | -ώροφο • | -ώροφη • | -ώροφο • | -ώροφους • | -ώροφες • | -ώροφα • |
vocative | -ώροφε • | -ώροφη • | -ώροφο • | -ώροφοι • | -ώροφες • | -ώροφα • |
Derived terms
Greek words suffixed with -ώροφος
References
- -ώροφος in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- Nagy, Gregory (2008) Greek, II§6
"when two vowels come together as the final and initial elements of two compound-formants, the resulting contraction will entail the elision of the first vowel (V1) and the lengthening of the second vowel (V2)"