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Etymology

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Inherited from Byzantine Greek ταιριάζω (tairiázō) from ταίρ(ι) (taír(i), pair) + -ιάζω.[1] Related to the ancient ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, companion).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /terˈʝa.zo/
  • Hyphenation: ται‧ριά‧ζω

Verb

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ταιριάζω (tairiázo) (past ταίριαξα, passive —, ppp ταιριασμένος / ταιριαγμένος) [2]

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to match, go with, correspond with

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ ταιριάζω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ Passive present ταιριάζομαι and passive past ταιριάχτηκα are mentioned but are extremely rare even colloquially. Third person ταιριάζεται is mostly a misspelling of ταιριάζετε (tairiázete, you match, plural) (2019, google)