βελόνα

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Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ancient Greek βελόνη (belónē, “needle”) with metaplasm of -η to -α.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /veˈlo.na/
  • Hyphenation: βε‧λό‧να

Noun

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βελόνα • (velóna) f (plural βελόνες)

  1. needle (for sewing, knitting etc)
  2. hypodermic needle (for medical injections)
  3. needle, pointer, hand (on dial etc)
  4. stylus, needle (for record player, gramophone, etc)
  5. pine needle

Declension

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Declension of βελόνα
singular plural
nominative βελόνα • βελόνες •
genitive βελόνας • βελονών •
accusative βελόνα • βελόνες •
vocative βελόνα • βελόνες •
βελόνων is also found

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ βελόνα, 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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