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Stress of the compounds
• Usually the stress of the compound word
lies on the third syllable from the end.
Neuter compounds in /i/ are always stressed
on the penultimate (second syllable from
the end) while those in /o/ are stressed on
the antepenultimate.
ψαροβαρκα
Between the two stems of a compound
there appears a binding element (which is
usually the vowel -ο-). There are however
compounds formed by directly conjoining
the two stems.
Depending on the compound type, the
compound stem often has different
properties from the stem which originally
served as its second member:
The compound, which is formed, may have
different declension pattern, gender or
belong to different part of speech.
One can also find new types of compounds,
the members of which are not stems, but
words. Such compounds can be formed by:
η βροχή > το πρωτοβρόχι
(gender and declension pattern different)
τρώω / έ-φαγ-α > χορτοφάγος
(part of speech different)
βόρειος
-ο-
ανατολικός
βορειοανατολικός
πέντε
-α-
γραμμή
πεντάγραμμο
λέξη
-ι-
λόγος
λεξιλόγιο
παιδί
ταξίδι
θαύμα
αστραπή
-
-
-
ατομική
παιδική
βόμβα
χαρά
1 2 3
παλ ι οφ ι λ ο ς
3 2 1
τ ρ ι φυ λ λ ι
2 1
τ ρ ι αν τ αφυ λ λ ο
3 2 1
καλ οκα ι ρ ι
2 1
κα τ ακαλ οκα ι ρο
3 2 1
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