αλκυονίδες

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Greek[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /al.ci.oˈni.ðes/
  • Hyphenation: αλ‧κυ‧ο‧νί‧δες

Etymology 1[edit]

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀλκυονίδες (alkuonídes), substantivised plural of ἀλκυονίς (alkuonís) by ellipsis of ἡμέραι (hēmérai, days).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

αλκυονίδες (alkyonídesf pl

  1. ellipsis of αλκυονίδες ημέρες (alkyonídes iméres, hot winter days, halcyon days) by ellipsis of ημέρες (iméres, days)
Declension[edit]

Also, less frequent singular: αλκυονίδα (alkyonída) by ellipsis of ημέρα (iméra, day)

Etymology 2[edit]

Inflectional form.

Noun[edit]

αλκυονίδες (alkyonídesf

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of αλκυονίδα (alkyonída).

References[edit]

  1. ^ αλκυονίδες, αλκυονίδα - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only], Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ αλκυονίδεςΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.