-άκος
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From άκ(ι) (ák(i), diminutive neuter suffix) + -ος (-os, suffix for masculines) [1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-άκος • (-ákos) m
- a diminutive suffix
- for common nouns
- for common nouns with diminutive for age (very young) and/or derogatory sense
- δάσκαλος m (dáskalos, “teacher”) + -άκος (-ákos) → δασκαλάκος (daskalákos, “a poor or very young teacher”)
- έμπορος m (émporos, “salesman”) + -άκος (-ákos) → εμποράκος (emporákos, “a poor, insignifcant or very young salesman”)
- for proper nouns like masculine first names and their derived family names
- Δημήτρης (Dimítris) + -άκος (-ákos) → Δημητράκος (Dimitrákos) male given name > male surname
- the female's surname ending is -άκου (-ákou) (indeclinable)
- Δημήτρης (Dimítris) + -άκος (-ákos) → Δημητράκος (Dimitrákos) male given name > male surname
Declension
[edit]Declension of -άκος
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ -άκος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language