-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, turnspit) + -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

Derived terms

  • συρταριέρα f (syrtariéra, chest of drawers)
  • αλατιέρα f (alatiéra, salt shaker)
  • ζαχαριέρα f (zachariéra, sugar bowl)
  • καμαριέρα f (kamariéra, chambermaid)
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References

  1. Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
  2. -ιέρα in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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