Many Greek words relate to other words through derivation.
Derivational elements can be either suffixes or prefixes. The word κίνη-ση is built with the suffix -ση while μετακινώ has been formed with the prefix μετα-.
Identify the parts that form the following words
ξεντύνομαι : ξε + ντύνομαι
παρατρώω: παρά + τρώω
άτυχος: α+ τύχη
ξαναγράφω: ξανά+ γράφω
υπογράφω: υπό+ γράφω
προ+ βλέπω: προ+βλέπω
Prefixes
Many derived verbs contain prefixes.
δια-γράφω, υπο-γράφω, κατα-γράφω
Nouns are also formed through prefixation
άχρωμος, ανόμοιος, αντιπρόεδρος, αντηλιακό
The meaning of some prefixes is easy to define. For example αρχι- denotes “first, main”, ημι- “half”, ευ- “well” . The meaning of prefixes forming verbs is less easy to define.
αρχιεργάτης, ημισφαίριο, αμφιθέατρο δύστυχος, ευτυχής
You can also read: Cases and syntactic functions
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