"-ού" meaning in Greek

See -ού in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈu/
Etymology: Transformation of Byzantine Greek -ώ (-ṓ), (a suffix used in female name) using the ending of ἀλωπού (alōpoú, “fox”) as a phonetic basis. Etymology templates: {{inh|el|gkm|-ώ}} Byzantine Greek -ώ (-ṓ), {{m|grc|ἀλωπού||fox}} ἀλωπού (alōpoú, “fox”) Head templates: {{head|el|suffix|masculine|-άς||||||g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} -ού • (-oú) f (masculine -άς), {{el-suffix|f|m=-άς}} -ού • (-oú) f (masculine -άς) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|-ού|-ούδες|-ούς|-ούδων|-ού|-ούδες|-ού|-ούδες|note=}} Forms: -oú [romanization], -άς [masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ού [nominative, singular], -ούδες [nominative, plural], -ούς [genitive, singular], -ούδων [genitive, plural], -ού [accusative, singular], -ούδες [accusative, plural], -ού [singular, vocative], -ούδες [plural, vocative]
  1. added to a noun to create occupation nouns for female people: Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ού-el-suffix-yXDcNV6h
  2. added to a noun to create augmentative nouns for female people, in other words that they possess the quality in excess: Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ού-el-suffix-rwI~knVL Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'αλεπού' Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 24 65 12 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'αλεπού': 31 50 20
  3. female patronymic surname suffix for: Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ού-el-suffix-F9KLMhrp

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        {
          "text": "ψάρι (psári, “fish”) + -ού (-oú) → ψαρού (psaroú, “fisherwoman”)",
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