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Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Byzantine Greek -άρης (-árēs), from Hellenistic Koine Greek -άριος (-ários), from Latin -arius.
Initially formed nouns denoting occupation or characterisitc, with a feminine -άρισσα (-árissa) created. Their adjectival use resulated in 3-gender forms. A further development was the form -ιάρης (-iáris).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɾis/
- Hyphenation: -άρης
Suffix
Forming nouns:
-άρης • (-áris) m (feminine -άρισσα)
- added to another noun to create agent nouns denoting employment:
- βάρκα (várka, “boat”) + -άρης (-áris) → βαρκάρης (varkáris, “boatman”)
- λύρα (lýra, “lyre”) + -άρης (-áris) → λυράρης (lyráris, “lyre player”)
-άρης • (-áris) m (feminine -άρα)
- added to a number to denote someone of that approximate age:
- σαράντα (saránta, “forty”) + -άρης (-áris) → σαραντάρης (sarantáris, “forty something year old”), σαραντάρα f (sarantára)
- είκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) + -άρης (-áris) → εικοσάρης (eikosáris, “twenty something year old”), εικοσάρα f (eikosára)
Declension
Suffix
Forming adjectives or 3-gender nouns:
-άρης • (-áris) m (feminine -άρα, neuter -άρικο)
- forming adjectives or nouns with adjectival use denoting a characteristic of an animate (man, woman or child):
- ζήλι(α) (zíli(a), “jealousy”) + -άρης (-áris) → ζηλιάρης (ziliáris, “envious”), ζηλιάρα f (ziliára), ζηλιάρικο n (ziliáriko)
-άρης • (-áris) m (feminine -άρα, neuter -άρι) (colloquial)
- used to denote the numerical characteristics of machines or equipment - usually omitting the unit of measure; the colloquial forms of numbers are used
- τρακόσα, colloquial of τριακόσια (trakósa, colloquial of triakósia, “three hundred”) + -άρης (-áris) → τρακοσάρης (trakosáris, “of 300”)
Τι τύπου φωτογραφίες θέλεις να δεις με τρακοσάρη (300άρη) φακό;- Ti týpou fotografíes théleis na deis me trakosári (300ári) fakó?
- What kind of photos do you want to see with a 300mm lens?
- used to denote the numerical characteristics of distance of a runner, omitting the unit of measure; the colloquial forms of numbers are used
- διακόσα, colloquial of διακόσια (diakósa, colloquial of diakósia, “tow hundred”) + -άρης (-áris) → διακοσάρης (diakosáris, “of 200”)
Ήταν κατοστάρης, διακοσάρης και τετρακοσάρης. Έτρεχε εξίσου καλά τα εκατό, τα διακόσια και τα τετρακόσια.- Ítan katostáris, diakosáris kai tetrakosáris. Étreche exísou kalá ta ekató, ta diakósia kai ta tetrakósia.
- He was a 100-er (runner), an 200-er and a 400-er. He was running equally well the 100, the 200 and the 400 .
Declension
-άρης, -άρα, -άρικο adjectives. The -άρικ-ο suffixes are used from -ικος (-ikos) adjectives.
-άρης, -άρα, -άρι
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