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βαρύς
heavy /vaˈris/
adjectiveB1#1736 most common
Also: serious, severe, harsh
Example sentences
Η βαλίτσα είναι βαριά.
The suitcase is heavy.
Το κουτί είναι πολύ βαρύ για μένα.
The box is too heavy for me.
Ο σάκος μου είναι βαρύς, δεν μπορώ να τον σηκώσω.
My bag is heavy, I can't lift it.
Έφυγε με βαριά καρδιά.
He left with a heavy heart.
Η κυβέρνηση επέβαλε βαριές κυρώσεις στους παραβάτες.
The government imposed heavy penalties on offenders.
Ο βαρύς χειμώνας του '41 έμεινε χαραγμένος στη μνήμη των μεγαλύτερων.
The harsh winter of '41 stayed etched in the memory of the older generation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | βαρύς | βαριοί |
| Genitive | βαριού | βαριών |
| Accusative | βαρύ | βαριούς |
| Vocative | βαρύ | βαριοί |
Word family
βάροςweight
βαραίνωto weigh down, to gain weight
βαρύτηταgravityβαρύτεροςheavier
επιβαρύνωto burden, to add strain to
Etymology
βαρύς comes from Ancient Greek βαρύς (barýs), meaning heavy in weight. It traces to the Proto-Indo-European root for heaviness, the same root that gave Latin gravis and, through Latin, English words like grave and gravity. Sanskrit guru, meaning heavy or weighty teacher, shares the same origin. The word has kept its core sense of physical weight for over two thousand years, while also picking up figurative uses like serious or severe.
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