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Greek
Suffix
-άρα • (-ára) f
- added to nouns to give a augmentative form, expressing large size or affection:
- γυναίκα (gynaíka, “woman”) + -άρα (-ára) → γυναικάρα (gynaikára)
- πόδι (pódi, “foot”) + -άρα (-ára) → ποδάρα (podára)
- τρόμος (trómos, “terror”) + -άρα (-ára) → τρομάρα (tromára, “extreme terror”)
- added to female given names to give an augmentative form:
- Ελένη (Eléni, “Helen”) + -άρα (-ára) → Ελενάρα (Elenára)
- used to indicate a female person of an approximate age:
- είκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) + -άρα (-ára) → εικοσάρα (eikosára, “twentysomething (woman/girl)”)
- σαράντα (saránta, “forty”) + -άρα (-ára) → σαραντάρα (sarantára, “fortysomething (woman)”)
- used to indicate an approximate duration or quantity of something:
- εξήντα (exínta, “sixty”) + -άρα (-ára) → εξηντάρα (exintára, “lasting sixty minutes/sixty of a certain item”)
- τέσσερα (téssera, “four”) + -άρα (-ára) → τεσσάρα (tessára, “about four”)
- used to indicate an automobile engine size:
- χίλια (chília, “thousand”) + -άρα (-ára) → χιλιάρα (chiliára, “(engine of) a thousand horsepower”)
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