ταιριάζω

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek ταιριάζω (tairiázō) from ταίρ(ι) (taír(i), “pair”) + -ιάζω.[1] Related to the ancient ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, “companion”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /terˈʝa.zo/
  • Hyphenation: ται‧ριά‧ζω

Verb

ταιριάζω • (tairiázo) (past ταίριαξα, passive —, ppp ταιριασμένος / ταιριαγμένος) [2]

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to match, go with, correspond with

Conjugation

  • ασυνταίριαστος (asyntaíriastos, “not well-matched”)
  • αταίριαστος (ataíriastos, “not well-matched, not appropriate”)
  • συνταιριάζω (syntairiázo, “match, combine”)
  • συνταίριασμα n (syntaíriasma)
  • ταίριασμα n (taíriasma, “matching”)
  • ταιριασμένος (tairiasménos, “well-matched”), ταιριαγμένος (tairiagménos)

References

  1. ταιριάζω - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. Passive present ταιριάζομαι and passive past ταιριάχτηκα are mentioned but are extremely rare even colloquially. Third person ταιριάζεται is mostly a misspelling of ταιριάζετε (tairiázete, “you match”, plural) (2019, google)
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