-αριά

Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾʝa/

Suffix

-αριά • (-ariá) f

1. 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”)

2. 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”)

3. 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”)

Declension

declension of -αριά

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	-αριά •	-αριές •
genitive	-αριάς •	-αριών •
accusative	-αριά •	-αριές •
vocative	-αριά •	-αριές •

Derived terms

Greek terms suffixed with -αριά

Related terms

• -άρα f (-ára)
• -αρία f (-aría)
• -άρι n (-ári)