{"id":3451,"date":"2020-07-07T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=3451"},"modified":"2020-07-07T12:00:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T12:00:35","slug":"word-families-in-greek-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/word-families-in-greek-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Word families in Greek: Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u0393\u03b5\u03b9\u03ac<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2<\/i><\/span><\/span>!<\/i><\/span> Today\u2019s topic deals with word families in the Greek language.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u03a6\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc Manfred Richter<\/a> \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Word families are important and extremely useful because they provide us with an easy and fun way to expand our vocabulary and enhance our understanding of the structure of the Greek language. What is more, they can help us immensely in mastering and improving our spelling.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Greek, we say that all words that come from the same simple word, no matter how they are constructed or derived from it, comprise a family (<\/span>\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b3\u03ad\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>\u03bb\u03ad\u03be\u03b5\u03c9\u03bd<\/i><\/span><\/span>), and they are relatives to each other (<\/span>\u03c3\u03c5\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ad\u03c2<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>\u03bb\u03ad\u03be\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2<\/i><\/span><\/span>). We can include simple or compound words, derivatives, diminutives, or different parts of speech in one family, no matter how diverse their meaning is.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example: in the family of the word <\/span>\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03c9<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>(= write), we can have derivatives, such as <\/span>\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03ae<\/i><\/span><\/span>, <\/i><\/span>\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03ad\u03b1\u03c2<\/i><\/span><\/span>, <\/i><\/span>\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03b5\u03af\u03bf<\/i><\/span><\/span>, <\/i><\/span>and compound words, such as <\/span>\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03c9<\/i><\/span><\/span>, <\/i><\/span>\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03c9<\/i><\/span><\/span>, <\/i><\/span>\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03c9<\/i><\/span><\/span>, <\/i><\/span>\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03ae<\/i><\/span><\/span>, <\/i><\/span>\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03ae<\/i><\/span><\/span>, <\/i><\/span>\u03c3\u03c5\u03b3\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03ad\u03b1\u03c2<\/i><\/span><\/span>, <\/i><\/span>\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03b5\u03af\u03bf<\/i><\/span><\/span>, <\/i><\/span>\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03af\u03b4\u03b1<\/i><\/span><\/span>. <\/i><\/span>All of these words belong to the same family of words that relate one way or another to <\/span>\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03c9<\/i><\/span><\/span>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

It is important to know and be able to discern the word families, or at least some of the most common ones. Let\u2019s examine some commonly used word families.<\/span><\/p>\n