"-α" meaning in Greek

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-a",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-α • (-a)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "-α • (-a)",
      "name": "el-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 36 15 36 3 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "μπουκάλι (boukáli, “bottle”) + -α (-a) → μπουκάλα (boukála, “large bottle”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used with a noun to form an augmentative"
      ],
      "id": "en--α-el-suffix-EQjSD-rK",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "used with a noun to form an augmentative:"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 36 15 36 3 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 40 7 41 3 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 43 4 45 2 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 77 5 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "γρήγορος (grígoros, “quick”) + -α (-a) → γρήγορα (grígora, “quickly”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "added to adjectival roots to form an adverb"
      ],
      "id": "en--α-el-suffix-qPJJKfnt",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "added to adjectival roots to form an adverb:"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "δούλος (doúlos, “male slave”) + -α (-a) → δούλα (doúla, “female slave”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to form the feminine"
      ],
      "id": "en--α-el-suffix-GFpJBS97",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to form the feminine:"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 36 15 36 3 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "καρότο (karóto, “carrot”) + -α (-a) → καρότα (karóta, “carrots”, plural case forms)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "φύλακας (fýlakas, “guard”) + -α (-a) → φύλακα (fýlaka, single case forms)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an inflectional ending, some examples"
      ],
      "id": "en--α-el-suffix-uKMDnChx",
      "links": [
        [
          "inflectional",
          "inflectional#English"
        ],
        [
          "ending",
          "ending#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "an inflectional ending, some examples:"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-α"
}

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    "Greek augmentative suffixes",
    "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Greek lemmas",
    "Greek suffix forms",
    "Greek suffixes",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-a",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-α • (-a)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "-α • (-a)",
      "name": "el-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "μπουκάλι (boukáli, “bottle”) + -α (-a) → μπουκάλα (boukála, “large bottle”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used with a noun to form an augmentative"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "used with a noun to form an augmentative:"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "γρήγορος (grígoros, “quick”) + -α (-a) → γρήγορα (grígora, “quickly”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "added to adjectival roots to form an adverb"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "added to adjectival roots to form an adverb:"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "δούλος (doúlos, “male slave”) + -α (-a) → δούλα (doúla, “female slave”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to form the feminine"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to form the feminine:"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "καρότο (karóto, “carrot”) + -α (-a) → καρότα (karóta, “carrots”, plural case forms)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "φύλακας (fýlakas, “guard”) + -α (-a) → φύλακα (fýlaka, single case forms)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an inflectional ending, some examples"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inflectional",
          "inflectional#English"
        ],
        [
          "ending",
          "ending#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "an inflectional ending, some examples:"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-α"
}