-αράς

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Greek

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Etymology

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Intensifier, inherited from Byzantine Greek -αρᾶς (-arâs),[1] also -αράς (-arás).[2] From the neuter diminutive -άρι(ν) (-ári(n)) + masculine augmentative ending -ᾶς (-âs).[3] E.g. παλληκάρι(ν) (pallēkári(n), braveheart) > παλληκαρᾶς (pallēkarâs) or παλικαράς (palikarás).

Suffix

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-αράς (-arásm (feminine: -ού (-oú) neute: -άδικο (-ádiko) and colloquial -ούδικο (-oúdiko))

  1. intensifier added to nouns which derive from nouns, verbs or verbal derivatives:
    χορεύω (chorévo, dance) + ‎-αράς (-arás) → ‎χορευταράς (choreftarás, great dancer)
    Έλληνας (Éllinas, Greek) + ‎-αράς (-arás) → ‎Ελληναράς (Ellinarás, ultra Greek, obsessed with being Greek; -here, ironic-)

Declension

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Endings for the three genders of the noun, as in the similar adjectives:

Synonyms

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  • -άρας (-áras) (augmentative for proper masculine names)
  • -αρος (-aros) (as augmentative)

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ -αράς - 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
  2. ^ The Cambridge Grammar of Medieval and Early Modern Greek. (2019) by David Holton, Geoffrey Horrocks, Marjolijne Janssen, Tina Lendari, Io Manolessou & Notis Toufexis. Cambridge University Press. 4 vols. DOIintro §2.2.1.
  3. ^ "-αρας", in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language