ακατάστατος

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκατάστατος (akatástatos, unstable, irregular), with semantic loan from French désordonné, en désordre, as well as semantic loan from German unordentlich.[1] The Ancient Greek term is from ἀ- (a-, a-, un-) + an adjectival formation from καθίστημι (kathístēmi, to set in order).[2]

Adjective

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ακατάστατος (akatástatosm (feminine ακατάστατη, neuter ακατάστατο)

  1. untidy, messy, disordered
    Synonym: ανοικοκύρευτος (anoikokýreftos)
  2. variable

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ ακατάστατος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ ακατάστατος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011