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βραχυ-
βραχυ-
Greek
Alternative forms
- βραχύ- (vrachý-)
Prefix
βραχυ- • (vrachy-)
- added before a noun, adjective or verb to create words that indicates something that is small, brachy-:
- added before a noun, adjective or verb to create words that indicates something that is short in duration:
- κύκλωμα (kýkloma, “circuit”) βραχυκύκλωμα (vrachykýkloma, “short-circuit”)
- βίος (víos, “life”) βραχύβιος (vrachývios, “short-lived”)
- προθεσμία (prothesmía, “term”) βραχυπρόθεσμος (vrachypróthesmos, “short-term”)
- -γραφία (-grafía, “-graphy”) βραχυγραφία (vrachygrafía, “abbreviation”)
- -λογία (-logía, “-logy”) βραχυλογία (vrachylogía, “conciseness”)
Derived terms
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Antonyms
- μακρο- (makro-, “long-related prefix”)