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Greek
Etymology
In sense 1, derived from similar -άρι (-ári). In rest of senses, a Byzantine Greek creation.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-αριά • (-ariá) f
- used to indicate an approximate age or amount:
- δέκα (déka, “ten”) + -αριά (-ariá) → δεκαριά (dekariá, “around ten, about ten”)
- είκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) + -αριά (-ariá) → εικοσαριά (eikosariá, “around twenty, about twenty”)
- used to indicate a device which uses or causes the noun it is suffixed to:
- κλειδί (kleidí, “key”) + -αριά (-ariá) → κλειδαριά (kleidariá, “lock, padlock”)
- ζυγός (zygós, “balance, scale”) + -αριά (-ariá) → ζυγαριά (zygariá, “scales”)
- ψήνω (psíno, “to roast, to cook”) + -αριά (-ariá) → ψησταριά (psistariá, “rotisserie, barbecue”)
- added to a fruit/plant/body organ noun, to create words for trees/plants that produce it or when it is used (in the case of body organs) as food
- κουκουνάρι (koukounári, “pine”) + -αριά (-ariá) → κουκουναριά (koukounariá, “pine tree”)
- λυγίζω (lygízo, “to bend”) + -αριά (-ariá) → λυγαριά (lygariá, “osier, wicker”)
- συκώτι (sykóti, “liver”) + -αριά (-ariá) → συκωταριά (sykotariá, “offal, entrails”)
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