μακρύς
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Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Byzantine Greek μακρύς (makrús), from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós), from Proto-Hellenic *makrós, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós, from *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”).
Adjective
[edit]μακρύς • (makrýs) m (feminine μακριά, neuter μακρύ)
Declension
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | μακρύς (makrýs) | μακριά (makriá) | μακρύ (makrý) | μακριοί (makrioí) | μακριές (makriés) | μακριά (makriá) | |
genitive | μακριού (makrioú) μακρύ (makrý) |
μακριάς (makriás) | μακριού (makrioú) μακρύ (makrý) |
μακριών (makrión) | μακριών (makrión) | μακριών (makrión) | |
accusative | μακρύ (makrý) | μακριά (makriá) | μακρύ (makrý) | μακριούς (makrioús) | μακριές (makriés) | μακριά (makriá) | |
vocative | μακρύ (makrý) | μακριά (makriá) | μακρύ (makrý) | μακριοί (makrioí) | μακριές (makriés) | μακριά (makriá) |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο μακρύς, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο μακρύς, etc.)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο μακρύτερος", etc)
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Synonyms
[edit]- μακρός (makrós)
Antonyms
[edit]- κοντός (kontós, “short”)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- μακρύς, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Categories:
- Greek terms inherited from Byzantine Greek
- Greek terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Greek lemmas
- Greek adjectives
- Greek adjectives in declension ύς-ιά-ύ