Word: patriarch
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pa
tri
arch
Definition: In Biblical contexts, a male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Morphemes:
Affix: patri-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: father
Affix: -arch
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: leading, leader
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -archēs
Language: la
Decoded: -arches
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -arch (ruler, leader)