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-ιά

-ιά

See also: ἰά, ἴα, -ια, and -ία

Greek

Suffix

-ιά (-iá) f

  1. added to a fruit/plant noun, to create words for trees/plants that produce it:
    μήλο ("apple")     μηλιά ("apple tree")
    κεράσι ("cherry")     κερασιά ("cherry tree")
    βελανίδι ("acorn")     βελανιδιά ("oak tree")
  2. added to another noun to denote a blot or stain:
    δάχτυλο ("finger")     δαχτυλιά ("finger mark")
    λάδι ("oil")     λαδιά ("oil mark")
  3. added to another noun to denote an injury or a hit:
    μαχαίρι ("knife")     μαχαιριά ("stabbing")
    χάραγμα ("mark")     χαρακιά ("cut/nick")
  4. added to another noun to denote a measure or amount:
    πιρούνι ("fork")     πιρουνιά ("forkful")
    κουτάλι ("spoon")     κουταλιά ("spoonful")
    χέρι ("hand")     χεριά ("handful")
  5. added to a place name to denote a (female) person from there:
    Κρήτη ("Crete")     Κρητικιά ("Female Cretan")
    Πάτρα ("Patra")     Πατρινιά ("Female from Patra")
  6. added to a noun, adjective or verb to form a further noun:
    άνθρωπος ("human")     ανθρωπιά ("humanity")
    βρίζω ("to curse")     βρισιά ("insult")
    ανήμπορος ("helpless")     ανημποριά ("indisposition")
  7. added to a noun or adjective to form a sum of these:
    εργάτης ("worker")     εργατιά ("working class")
    Τούρκος ("Turk")     Τουρκιά ("the Turks/crowd of Turks")
  8. added to a noun to denote a state or condition:
    σύννεφο ("cloud")     συννεφιά ("cloudy sky")
    έρημος ("desert")     ερημιά ("wilderness")
  9. added to a noun(s) to denote a certain place or location:
    ποτάμι ("river")     ποταμιά ("area around river")
    λαγκάδι ("dale")     λαγκαδιά ("ravine")
  10. added to a noun(s) to denote a certain time period:
    πρώτος ("first") + χρόνος ("year")     Πρωτοχρονιά ("New Year's Day")
    αρχή ("beginning") + μήνας ("month")     αρχιμηνιά ("first day of month/calends")

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