ασφαλής
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See also: ἀσφαλής
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀσφαλής (asphalḗs) with semantic loan from French infaillible in the sense 'certain'.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ασφαλής • (asfalís) m (feminine ασφαλής, neuter ασφαλές)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ασφαλής
number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ασφαλής • | ασφαλής • | ασφαλές • | ασφαλείς • | ασφαλείς • | ασφαλή • |
genitive | ασφαλούς • / ασφαλή • | ασφαλούς • | ασφαλούς • | ασφαλών • | ασφαλών • | ασφαλών • |
accusative | ασφαλή • | ασφαλή • | ασφαλές • | ασφαλείς • | ασφαλείς • | ασφαλή • |
vocative | ασφαλή • / ασφαλής • | ασφαλής • | ασφαλές • | ασφαλείς • | ασφαλείς • | ασφαλή • |
derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο ασφαλής, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο ασφαλής, etc.) |
Degrees of comparison by suffixation
Related terms
[edit]- ασφάλεια f (asfáleia, “security”)
References
[edit]- ^ ασφαλής, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language