-ώροφος

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Etymology

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Learnedly, from Ancient Greek -ώροφος (-ṓrophos).[1] The noun ὄροφος (órophos) as second combining form, with vowel change according to Wackernagel's law "lengthening in composition" (here, from brachy, short omicron ⟨ο⟩ to macron, long omega ⟨ω⟩).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈo.ɾo.fos/
  • Hyphenation: -ώ‧ρο‧φος

Suffix

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-ώροφος (-órofosm

  1. the noun όροφος (órofos) as second combining form of adjectives or nouns denoting the number of floors or their characteristics
    τρι- (tri-, tri-, three) + ‎-ώροφος (-órofos) → ‎τριώροφος (triórofos, three floor)
    ημι- (imi-, semi-) + ‎-ώροφος (-órofos) → ‎ημιώροφος (imiórofos, mezzanine, entresol,)

Declension

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As a noun:

As an adjective:

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ -ώροφος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ Nagy, Gregory (2008) Greek, II§6
    "when two vowels come together as the final and initial elements of two compound-formants, the resulting contraction will entail the elision of the first vowel (V1) and the lengthening of the second vowel (V2)"