δεμάτι

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Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the mediaeval Byzantine Greek δεμάτιον, δεμάτιν, δεμάτι (demátion, demátin, demáti) from Koine Greek δεμάτιον (demátion), diminutive of δέμα (déma).[1] From δέω (déō) (sense: "tie").

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ðeˈma.ti/
  • Hyphenation: δε‧μά‧τι

Noun[edit]

δεμάτι • (demáti) n (plural δεμάτια)

  1. bale, sheaf (of hay, straw, etc)

Declension[edit]

declension of δεμάτι
case     \     number singular plural
nominative δεμάτι • δεμάτια •
genitive δεματιού • δεματιών •
accusative δεμάτι • δεμάτια •
vocative δεμάτι • δεμάτια •

Synonyms[edit]

  • βασταγή f (vastagí, “anything carried”) (mediaeval, demotic)

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Albanian: dhemat — Arbëresh
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دمت (demet), دمد (demet)

References[edit]

  1. ^ δεμάτι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 58
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