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Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek -άκης (-ákēs), or “more correct -άκις (-ákis)[1]” from -άκ(ι) < -άκ(ιν) < -άκ(ιον), diminutive suffix (for neuters) + -ης suffix for masculine.[2]
Suffix
-άκης • (-ákis) m
- Gives a diminutive form of a masculine first name:
- Γιώργος (Giórgos) + -άκης (-ákis) → Γιωργάκης (Giorgákis)
- Γιάννης (Giánnis) + -άκης (-ákis) → Γιαννάκης (Giannákis)
- An ending for family names, chiefly Cretan, also of diminutive derivation (See Usage Notes)
- Θεόδωρος (Theódoros) + -άκης (-ákis) → Θεοδωράκης (Theodorákis)
- η οικογένεια των Βροντάκηδων ― i oikogéneia ton Vrontákidon ― the Vrondakides family
- (rare, derogatory)
- κόσμος (kósmos) + -άκης (-ákis) → κοσμάκης (kosmákis, “the poor people”)
Usage notes
Family names suffixed -άκης are attested in Byzantine times: e.g. Ραβδοκανάκης (Rabdokanákēs) c.1250.[3] A systematic registering of surnames in Greece started in the 19th century. -άκης was frequent in Mani (where more often it became -άκος (-ákos)) and chiefly in the island of Crete (where also the augmentative -ακας (-akas) is found in contrast to the diminutive -άκης).
Which of the two alternative spellings (-άκις or -άκης) is more correct, is still debated.[4] Currently (2010s), some people insist on -άκις, although -άκης is much more frequent.
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ -άκης - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
- ^ -άκης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ Laiou, Angeliki E. (1977) Peasant society in the late Byzantine Empire, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN
- ^ Babiniotis is a champion of -άκις (-άκης - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.)