-ίδα

Greek Alternative forms el -ίς Katharevousa Etymology Inherited from el grc -ῐς feminine suffix, to be more congruous with other inflections of the suffix, e.g. grc -ῐδες plural. Many words which utilize this suffix in modern Greek are inheritances from older forms of Greek, though not exclusively. Suffix el suffix f plural -ίδες Used to form feminine nouns. Derived terms el