-αριά

Greek

In sense 1, derived from similar -άρι (-ári). In rest of senses, a Byzantine Greek creation.

-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”)