παρηγοριά

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Greek

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Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek παρηγοριά (parēgoriá), from Ancient Greek παρηγορία (parēgoría) with synizesis to -ιά (-iá), from παρήγορος (parḗgoros), παρ- (par-) + the ancient stem ηγορ- of ἀγορά (agorá) with lengthening for the initial 〈α〉 + -ία (-ía)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ɾi.ɣoˈɾʝa/
  • Hyphenation: πα‧ρη‧γο‧ριά

Noun

παρηγοριά (parigoriáf (plural παρηγοριές)

  1. consolation, solace, comfort
    Τα λόγια σας μου ήταν παρηγοριά όταν έχασα τον πατέρα μου.
    Ta lógia sas mou ítan parigoriá ótan échasa ton patéra mou.
    Your words were a comfort to me when I lost my father.
    • 1823, Dionysios Solomos, Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν [Hymn to Liberty]:
      Δυστυχής! Παρηγορία
      μόνη σοῦ ἕμενε νὰ λὲς
      περασμένα μεγαλεῖα
      καὶ διηγώντας τα νὰ κλαῖς.
      Dystychís! Parigoría
      móni sou émene na les
      perasména megaleía
      kai diigóntas ta na klais.
      O sad one! Your only consolation
      left was to speak
      of past glories
      and in recounting them, to cry.

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References

  1. ^ παρηγοριά”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
  2. ^ παρηγοριά - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre