αδέξιος
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Koine Greek ἀδέξῐος (adéxĭos); by surface analysis, α- (a-, “un-, -less”) + δεξιός (dexiós, “right-handed”).
Adjective
[edit]αδέξιος • (adéxios) m (feminine αδέξια, neuter αδέξιο)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | αδέξιος (adéxios) | αδέξια (adéxia) | αδέξιο (adéxio) | αδέξιοι (adéxioi) | αδέξιες (adéxies) | αδέξια (adéxia) | |
| genitive | αδέξιου (adéxiou) | αδέξιας (adéxias) | αδέξιου (adéxiou) | αδέξιων (adéxion) | αδέξιων (adéxion) | αδέξιων (adéxion) | |
| accusative | αδέξιο (adéxio) | αδέξια (adéxia) | αδέξιο (adéxio) | αδέξιους (adéxious) | αδέξιες (adéxies) | αδέξια (adéxia) | |
| vocative | αδέξιε (adéxie) | αδέξια (adéxia) | αδέξιο (adéxio) | αδέξιοι (adéxioi) | αδέξιες (adéxies) | αδέξια (adéxia) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο αδέξιος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο αδέξιος, etc.)
Related terms
[edit]- αδεξιότητα f (adexiótita, “clumsiness”)
Further reading
[edit]- αδέξιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Categories:
- Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *né
- Greek terms inherited from Koine Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Greek terms derived from Koine Greek
- Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Greek terms prefixed with α-
- Greek lemmas
- Greek adjectives
- Greek adjectives in declension ος-α-ο