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Etymology
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Suffix
-άδα • (-áda) f
- Used to form verbal nouns from nouns:
- βάρκα (várka, “boat”) + -άδα (-áda) → βαρκάδα (varkáda, “boating”)
- άμαξα (ámaxa, “carriage”) + -άδα (-áda) → αμαξάδα (amaxáda, “going for a drive”)
- Used to form a noun from an adjective:
- φρόνιμος (frónimos, “sensible”) + -άδα (-áda) → φρονιμάδα (fronimáda, “wisdom”)
- νόστιμος (nóstimos, “tasty”) + -άδα (-áda) → νοστιμάδα (nostimáda, “flavour, piquancy”)
- Used to form a noun derivative:
- πορτοκάλι (portokáli, “orange”) + -άδα (-áda) → πορτοκαλάδα (portokaláda, “orangeade”)
- Used to form a collective numeral from a cardinal number (meaning a group of or a set of):
- τρία (tría, “three”) + -άδα (-áda) → τριάδα (triáda, “triad, set of three”)
- δώδεκα (dódeka, “twelve”) + -άδα (-áda) → δωδεκάδα (dodekáda, “dozen”)
- είκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) + -άδα (-áda) → εικοσάδα (eikosáda, “score, set of twenty”)
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