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Re: does Iridia mean Iris

by Sabertooth

10/2/2019, 1:38 PM

Wouldn't the female form be Irida instead of Iridia, anyway?
Since the figure of Iris is already portrayed as female, wouldn't the -a suffix denote an associated human female?
And isn't -a different from -ia, in that the latter denotes a descendant [daughter]?

"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth." Ps. 127:4

JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah Joseph

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- thegriffon

10/8/2019, 1:38 AM

No, the ia, is used to form personal names and abstract nouns based on nouns and adjectives. It's a convention used to differentiate from saying "(The) rainbow (Iris) is beautiful" from "(the person named) Rainbow (Iridia) is beautiful". In English this is implied by context, capitalization and the presence of the Definitive or indefinite article, in Greek the suffix differentiates between a name and a simple noun.

- elbowin +2

10/3/2019, 10:40 AM

We are talking about Greek, after all. In Greek, descendants are expressed by the addition of the ending -ides, so the Nereides are the descendents of Nereus, the Tantalides are the descendents of Tantalos, and so on.

- Sabertooth +1

10/4/2019, 6:13 AM

Isn't Iris and its derivatives Latinized Greek?

If so, wouldn't its suffixes follow the Latin format?

- elbowin

10/5/2019, 3:18 AM

No. We have transcribed it to use the Latin alphabet in place of the original Greek one, that's all of Latinisation, the name stays still Greek.

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