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Μάιος

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See also: Μάϊος

Greek

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Alternative forms

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  • Μάης m (Máis) (colloquial or less formal, literary)

Etymology

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Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek Μάϊος (Máïos), from Latin Māius.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈma.i.os/
  • Hyphenation: Μά‧ι‧ος

Proper noun

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Μάιος (Máiosm (plural Μάιοι)

  1. May

Declension

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Genitive plural:Μαΐων is also used to express, mostly in an ironic manner, the age of an old lady
Declension of Μάιος
singular plural
nominative Μάιος (Máios) Μάιοι (Máioi)
genitive Μαΐου (Maḯou) Μαΐων (Maḯon)
accusative Μάιο (Máio) Μαΐους (Maḯous)
vocative Μάιε (Máie) Μάιοι (Máioi)

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Crimean Tatar: mayıs
  • ? Romanian: mai (also partially via Slavic)
  • Turkish: mayıs

References

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  1. ^ Μάιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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