Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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μάκαρ (mákar, blessed) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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μακάριος (makáriosm (feminine μακαρία, neuter μακάριον); first/second declension

  1. (mostly of men) blessed, happy
    1. (often in Plato as a plural substantive) the rich and better educated
    2. (of the dead)
    3. (of states, qualities, and the like)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Coptic: ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ (makarios)
  • Greek: μακάριος (makários) (learned)
  • Greek: μακάρι (makári) (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μάκαρ (> DER > μακάριος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 893

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários, blessed).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈka.ɾi.os/
  • Hyphenation: μα‧κά‧ρι‧ος

Adjective

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μακάριος (makáriosm (feminine μακάρια, neuter μακάριο)

  1. blissful (extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss)
    μακάρια άγνοια (ironic)makária ágnoiablissful ignorance
  2. (dated) blessed (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing)
    Synonym: ευλογημένος (evlogiménos)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ μακάριος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language