μακάρι

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek μακάριν, μακάρι (makárin, makári), from Koine Greek μακάριον (makárion), from Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários).

Particle

μακάρι • (makári)

1. I wish, if only

   Μακάρι να ξεχαστούμε όλοι.

   Makári na xechastoúme óloi.

   If only we were all forgotten.

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Synonyms

• είθε (eíthe, particle)
• αμήν (amín, interjection)
• άμποτε (ámpote, interjection)

Descendants

Through Medieval Greek:

• → Asturian: magar
• → Italian: magari
• → Ladino: makare
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: macar
• → Romanian: măcar
• → Serbo-Croatian: makar
• → Sicilian: macari
• → Spanish: maguer