{"id":3266,"date":"2019-09-16T20:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=3266"},"modified":"2019-09-14T12:06:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T12:06:18","slug":"greek-vocabulary-compound-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/greek-vocabulary-compound-adjectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek vocabulary: compound adjectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"el-GR\">\u0393\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03b1\u03c2! <span lang=\"en-US\">A few months ago, I wrote a post about <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/derogatory-greek-words\/\">derogatory compound words<\/a>. Today, we will see some common compound adjectives formed by <\/span>\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf- <span lang=\"en-US\"><em>(which means nicely)<\/em> and an adjective. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">#1. <\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b8\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf: <\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"en-US\">well-brought-up<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">\u0397 \u03ba\u03cc\u03c1\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03c5\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b8\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7. \/ <span lang=\"en-US\">Their daughter is polite and well brought-up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\"><strong>#2. \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03b2\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf:<\/strong> <span lang=\"en-US\">elegant, nice-looking<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">\u0397 \u03a3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bd\u03af\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03bf\u03bc\u03c8\u03ae \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03b2\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7, \u03b1\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b1\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03b2\u03ac \u03c1\u03bf\u03cd\u03c7\u03b1. <span lang=\"en-US\">\/ Stephania is always elegant and nice-looking, although she does not wear expensive clothes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\"><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">#3. <\/span>\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cc\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf:<\/strong> <span lang=\"en-US\">easygoing<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">\u038c\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b8\u03ad\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b7\u03b3\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03ad\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7 \u039d\u03c4\u03af\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03af \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cc\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b5\u03bd \u03b3\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u03b9\u03ac\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03ad. \/ <span lang=\"en-US\">Everybody wants to go on holiday with Dina because she is easygoing and never complains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\"><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">#4. <\/span>\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf:<\/strong> <span lang=\"en-US\">well or nicely written.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">\u03a4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03ac \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b5\u03bd\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1. \/ <span lang=\"en-US\">His texts are always interesting and well-written.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"el-GR\">#5. \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf: <\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"en-US\">of good taste \/ a person with good taste<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">\u0397 \u039b\u03cc\u03c1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c1\u03ac\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b4\u03ce\u03c1\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2. \/ <span lang=\"en-US\">Laurie always buys tasteful presents to her friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"el-GR\">#6. \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03b6\u03c9\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf: <\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"en-US\">someone who lives a wealthy life<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u0397 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 \u039c\u03b5\u03c1\u03cc\u03c0\u03b7 \u03ae\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03b5\u03c5\u03c4\u03c5\u03c7\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03b6\u03c9\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7. \u0394\u03b5\u03bd <\/span> <span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03ad\u03b6\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03ad \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03c6\u03c4\u03ce\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1. \/ <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Mrs Merope was happy and lived a wealthy life. She never lived in poverty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3269\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/get\/54e7d04a4f5bac14f1dc8460825668204022dfe05559754f772b7fd7\/duckling-2759590_640.jpg\" aria-label=\"Duckling 2759590 640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3269\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3269\"  alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"491\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/duckling-2759590_640.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/duckling-2759590_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/duckling-2759590_640-350x269.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AdinaVoicu via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\"><strong>#7. \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03b8\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf:<\/strong> <span lang=\"en-US\">well-fed<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">\u03a4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c0\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b3\u03b5\u03af\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd\u03ac \u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b3\u03b5\u03c1\u03ac \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03b8\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1. \/ <span lang=\"en-US\">Our neighbor\u2019s ducklings are healthy and well-fed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\"><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">#8. <\/span>\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf:<\/strong> <span lang=\"en-US\">nicely-cooked<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">\u03a4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b1\u03c1\u03ad\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03bc\u03b1\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c6\u03b1\u03b3\u03b7\u03c4\u03ac \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03bd\u03cc\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1. \/ <span lang=\"en-US\">He loves cooking, that\u2019s why his dished are always tasteful ans nicely-cooked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u202f<span lang=\"en-US\">#9. <\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03c5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf: <\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"en-US\">nicely-dressed (in elegant clothes)<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">\u03a4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03ac \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03c5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1. \/ <span lang=\"en-US\">Her children are always neat and nicely-dressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\"><strong>#10. \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf:<\/strong> <span lang=\"en-US\">nicely-tailored<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">\u039f \u03b3\u03b1\u03bc\u03c0\u03c1\u03cc\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5\u03bd \u03ae\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03cc\u03bc\u03bf\u03c1\u03c6\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac \u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03b5 \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf \u03ba\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03bc\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c6\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u03cc\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03cd \u03ba\u03bf\u03bc\u03c8\u03cc\u03c2. \/ <span lang=\"en-US\">The groom was not very handsome but was wearing a well-made suit and looked very <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">elegant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\"><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">#11. <\/span>\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03c3\u03b9\u03b4\u03b5\u03c1\u03c9\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf:<\/strong> <span lang=\"en-US\">well-ironed<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u039f \u03a0\u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03c3\u03b9\u03b4\u03b5\u03c1\u03c9\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03ba\u03ac\u03bc\u03b9\u03c3\u03b1 \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac \u03c3\u03ae\u03bc\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1 \u03ae\u03c1\u03b8\u03b5 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03ac \u03bc\u03b5 \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03cc \u03bc\u03c0\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03b6\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9. \/ <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Petros wears well-ironed shirts but this morning he <\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">c<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ame to work wearing an old t-shirt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\"><strong>#12. \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03c7\u03c4\u03b5\u03bd\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf:<\/strong> <span lang=\"en-US\">having the hair nicely done<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">\u0397 \u0392\u03af\u03ba\u03b7 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03c7\u03c4\u03b5\u03bd\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7, \u03b1\u03ba\u03cc\u03bc\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03cc\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u03b7\u03b3\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03c0\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf. \/ <span lang=\"en-US\">Vicky has her hair always nicely done, even when she goes at the periptero.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;text-decoration: underline\">Note<\/span> that if <\/span><em><strong>\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf-<\/strong> <\/em><span lang=\"en-US\">is replaced by <\/span><em><strong>\u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf- (badly)<\/strong><\/em>, <span lang=\"en-US\">the adjective takes the opposite meaning.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Examples: <\/span>\u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b8\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2= <span lang=\"en-US\">rude, unruly \/ <\/span>\u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2= <span lang=\"en-US\">in bad taste, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3270\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/get\/5ee5d440485ab10ff3d89938b977692b083edbe35b55774b722f7d\/still-life-851328_640.jpg\" aria-label=\"Still Life 851328 640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3270\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3270\"  alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" \/ 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A few months ago, I wrote a post about derogatory compound words. Today, we will see some common compound adjectives formed by \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf- (which means nicely) and an adjective. #1. \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b8\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf: well-brought-up \u0397 \u03ba\u03cc\u03c1\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03c5\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b8\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7. \/ Their daughter is polite and well brought-up. #2. \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03b2\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf: elegant, nice-looking \u0397 \u03a3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bd\u03af\u03b1&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/greek-vocabulary-compound-adjectives\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":3270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[274452],"tags":[17,4754,293064,292985],"class_list":["post-3266","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocablary","tag-adjectives","tag-compound-words","tag-greek-adjectives","tag-greek-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3266"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3271,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3266\/revisions\/3271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}