-ιέρα

See also: ιερά

Greek

Etymology

Developed in Byzantine Greek, from Italian -iera, originally as part of directly loaned words, then added as a suffix to earlier Greek nouns.[1] Also, adaptation of the French -ière as in jardinière > ζαρντινιέρα (zarntiniéra).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʝeɾa/ (after β, δ, ζ, ρ)
  • IPA(key): /ˈçeɾa/ (after θ, π, σ, τ, φ)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɲeɾa/ (after μ)
  • also note, palatalization of consonants ([l > ʎ], [ɡ > ɟ]), before -ιέρα

Suffix

-ιέρα • (-iéra) f

  1. added to a noun to denote a collection, container, holder or grouping:
    ‎αλάτι (aláti, “salt”) + ‎-ιέρα (-iéra) → ‎αλατιέρα (alatiéra, “salt shaker”)
    ‎καπέλο (kapélo, “hat”) + ‎-ιέρα (-iéra) → ‎καπελιέρα (kapeliéra, “hat box”)
    ‎φρούτο (froúto, “fruit”) + ‎-ιέρα (-iéra) → ‎φρουτιέρα (froutiéra, “fruit bowl”)
    ‎σκάκι (skáki, “chess”) + ‎-ιέρα (-iéra) → ‎σκακιέρα (skakiéra, “chessboard”)
  2. added to a noun to denote a maker or cooker of the first noun:
    ‎τοστ (tost, “toasted sandwich”) + ‎-ιέρα (-iéra) → ‎τοστιέρα (tostiéra, “toasted sandwich maker”)
    ‎ψήστης (psístis, “griller, person who grills”) + ‎-ιέρα (-iéra) → ‎ψηστιέρα (psistiéra, “grill”)
  3. added to certain nouns to denote a female worker:
    ‎κάμαρα (kámara, “chamber”) + ‎-ιέρα (-iéra) → ‎καμαριέρα (kamariéra, “chambermaid”)
    ‎τραπέζι (trapézi, “table”) + ‎-ιέρα (-iéra) → ‎τραπεζιέρα (trapeziéra, “waitress”)

Declension
declension of -ιέρα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative -ιέρα • -ιέρες •
genitive -ιέρας • —
accusative -ιέρα • -ιέρες •
vocative -ιέρα • -ιέρες •

Derived terms
  • συρταριέρα f (syrtariéra, “chest of drawers”)
  • αλατιέρα f (alatiéra, “salt shaker”)
  • ζαχαριέρα f (zachariéra, “sugar bowl”)
  • καμαριέρα f (kamariéra, “chambermaid”)
Greek terms suffixed with -ιέρα

References
  1. Georgios Babiniotis (2002), “-ιέρα”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.
  2. -ιέρα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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