γυαλί
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Byzantine Greek γυαλίν (gualín), from earlier ὑάλιον (huálion), a diminutive form of Ancient Greek ὕαλος (húalos, “crystalline stone; glass”). Doublet of ύαλος (ýalos).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]γυαλί • (gyalí) n (plural γυαλιά)
- glass (material)
- shard, glass fragment
- (colloquial, figuratively) television, the box
- (in the plural) glasses, spectacles
- (rare, figuratively) glass for wine
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | γυαλί (gyalí) | γυαλιά (gyaliá) |
| genitive | γυαλιού (gyalioú) | γυαλιών (gyalión) |
| accusative | γυαλί (gyalí) | γυαλιά (gyaliá) |
| vocative | γυαλί (gyalí) | γυαλιά (gyaliá) |
Synonyms
[edit]- ύαλος f (ýalos, “glass, glazing”)
Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ γυαλί - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre, page 324
Further reading
[edit]- γυαλί, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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