-άρα

See also: άρα, ἀρά, ἄρα, ἆρα, and Appendix:Variations of "ara"

Greek

Suffix

-άρα • (-ára) f

  1. 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”)
  2. added to female given names to give an augmentative form:
    ‎Ελένη (Eléni, “Helen”) + ‎-άρα (-ára) → ‎Ελενάρα (Elenára)
  3. 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)”)
  4. 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”)
  5. used to indicate an automobile engine size:
    ‎χίλια (chília, “thousand”) + ‎-άρα (-ára) → ‎χιλιάρα (chiliára, “(engine of) a thousand horsepower”)

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