{"id":3516,"date":"2020-11-18T11:22:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T11:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2020-11-18T11:22:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T11:22:25","slug":"compound-adjectives-in-greek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/compound-adjectives-in-greek\/","title":{"rendered":"Compound adjectives in Greek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u0393<\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03b1\u03c2! In this post we will explore compound adjectives. <\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">These adjectives give an expressive aspect to the meaning they describe, they are widely used and they cannot be found in grammar books. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3517\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/get\/57e7d2444b56ac14f6d1867dda353678153ad8ec5b52744c_1920.jpg\" aria-label=\"Cove 1777140 1920 1024x685\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3517\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3517\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/cove-1777140_1920-1024x685.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/cove-1777140_1920-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/cove-1777140_1920-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/cove-1777140_1920-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/cove-1777140_1920-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/cove-1777140_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u03a6\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/el\/users\/katarzynatyl-2575567\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=1777140\">Katarzyna Tyl<\/a> \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/el\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=1777140\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03b1<\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03be\u03c5\u03c0\u03bd\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 <\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"el-GR\">(\u03ac\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2: unripe + \u03be\u03c5\u03c0\u03bd\u03ac\u03c9: to wake up): who just woke up, <\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">half-awake<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u038c\u03c0\u03c9\u03c2 \u03ae\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03b1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03be\u03c5\u03c0\u03bd\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2, \u03ad\u03b2\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c6\u03c4\u03b9\u03ac\u03be\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c6\u03ad \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ad\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03b5 \u03b7 \u03ba\u03bf\u03cd\u03c0\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c7\u03ad\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">As he was half-awake, he started making coffee and the mug fell off his hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03b1\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 <\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"el-GR\">(\u03b1\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03ce: to delay): <\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">delayed<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">H <\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03a3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b1\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03b2\u03ae\u03c2, \u03ad\u03c4\u03c3\u03b9 \u03cc\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03cd\u03c7\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03cc\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03ad\u03c6\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03b7 \u03b1\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">Sophia is always punctual, so they all worried when she arrived in delay.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u03c7\u03b1\u03c3\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b7\u03c2<\/strong> (\u03c7\u03ac\u03bd\u03c9: to miss + \u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1: day): dallier, dawdler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">\u0391\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b2\u03b3\u03ae\u03ba\u03b5 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03c3\u03cd\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03be\u03b7, \u03c0\u03b1\u03af\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03cc\u03bb\u03bf \u03c4\u03bf \u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03af \u03c4\u03ac\u03b2\u03bb\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03c6\u03b5\u03bd\u03b5\u03af\u03bf \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c7\u03b1\u03c3\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b7\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">Since he retired, he has been playing all morning backgammon at the cafe with the other dawdlers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c7\u03c4\u03bf\u03c7\u03ad\u03c1\u03b7\u03c2<\/strong> (\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c7\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2: open + \u03c7\u03ad\u03c1\u03b9: hand): generous<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">O M\u03b9\u03c7\u03ac\u03bb\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03cd \u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c7\u03c4\u03bf\u03c7\u03ad\u03c1\u03b7\u03c2, \u03b1\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b5\u03bd \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">Michael is generous, even though he is not rich.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"el-GR\"><strong>\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c7\u03c4\u03cc\u03bc\u03c5\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2<\/strong> (\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c7\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2: open + \u03bc\u03c5\u03b1\u03bb\u03cc: mind):\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">open-minded<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">O <\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03a0\u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b7 \u0391\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd\u03ac \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c7\u03c4\u03cc\u03bc\u03c5\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ad\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b9\u03b4\u03ad\u03b5\u03c2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">Petros and Athena are open-minded and have modern ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03c7\u03b1<span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif\">\u03ca<\/span>\u03b4\u03b5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/strong> (\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac: prefix meaning excessive + \u03c7\u03b1\u03ca\u03b4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9: to pamper): someone treated with excessive attention, spoiled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">\u039f \u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03cc\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03ae\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03c1\u03cc\u03c2 \u03ae\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03c7\u03b1<span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif\">\u03ca<\/span>\u03b4\u03b5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2. \u03a4\u03ce\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03cd \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b9\u03c3\u03bf\u03c1\u03c1\u03bf\u03c0\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"el-GR\">When their son was a child, he was spoiled. Now he is very nice and balanced.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"el-GR\"><strong>\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c8\u03bf\u03ba\u03bf\u03ba\u03ba\u03b9\u03bd\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/strong> (\u03b1\u03bd\u03ac\u03b2\u03c9: to light, to fire + \u03ba\u03bf\u03ba\u03ba\u03b9\u03bd\u03af\u03b6\u03c9: to blush): <\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">flushed<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u0393<\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03af \u03b5\u03af\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ad\u03c4\u03c3\u03b9 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c8\u03bf\u03ba\u03bf\u03ba\u03ba\u03b9\u03bd\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2; \u0388\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03c7\u03b5\u03c2;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">Why are you (so) flushed? Have you been running?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"el-GR\"><strong>\u03be\u03b5\u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/strong> (\u03be\u03b5: prefix giving the word the opposite meaning + \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u03ae: soul): wan, weak<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u0397 \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03b5 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c1\u03b3\u03ae, \u03be\u03b5\u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u03ae.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">Maria spoke in a slow, fainted voice.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"el-GR\"><strong>\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u03bf\u03c4\u03c3\u03b1\u03ba\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/strong> (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac\u03b2\u03b9: ship + \u03c4\u03c3\u03b1\u03ba\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2: smashed): <\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\"><i>(dated) <\/i><\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">stranded. It is used metaphorically to mean exhausted and suffering.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u0388\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03ac\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03b6\u03c9\u03ae \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03b4\u03b5\u03af\u03c7\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ad\u03c4\u03c3\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u03bf\u03c4\u03c3\u03b1\u03ba\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">She has suffered many ordeals that\u2019s why she looks so exhausted.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3518\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/get\/5ee1dc404c50b108feda8460da29317e1039d7ed565371_1920.jpg\" aria-label=\"Morning 819362 1920 1024x768\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3518\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3518\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/morning-819362_1920-1024x768.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/morning-819362_1920-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/morning-819362_1920-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/morning-819362_1920-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/morning-819362_1920-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/morning-819362_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u03a6\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/el\/users\/fancycrave1-1115284\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=819362\">fancycrave1<\/a> \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/el\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=819362\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/morning-819362_1920-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/morning-819362_1920-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/morning-819362_1920-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/morning-819362_1920-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/morning-819362_1920-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/morning-819362_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>\u0393\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03b1\u03c2! In this post we will explore compound adjectives. These adjectives give an expressive aspect to the meaning they describe, they are widely used and they cannot be found in grammar books. \u03b1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03be\u03c5\u03c0\u03bd\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 (\u03ac\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2: unripe + \u03be\u03c5\u03c0\u03bd\u03ac\u03c9: to wake up): who just woke up, half-awake \u038c\u03c0\u03c9\u03c2 \u03ae\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03b1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03be\u03c5\u03c0\u03bd\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2, \u03ad\u03b2\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c6\u03c4\u03b9\u03ac\u03be\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c6\u03ad \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/compound-adjectives-in-greek\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":3518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[274452],"tags":[17,529028,4754,293064],"class_list":["post-3516","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocablary","tag-adjectives","tag-colloquial-greek","tag-compound-words","tag-greek-adjectives"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3516","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=3516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3519,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3516\/revisions\/3519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}