κεφάλι
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Byzantine Greek κεφάλιν (kephálin), from Hellenistic Koine Greek κεφάλιον (kephálion, “little head”), diminutive of the Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.[1] Doublet of κεφαλή (kefalí).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]κεφάλι • (kefáli) n (plural κεφάλια)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κεφάλι (kefáli) | κεφάλια (kefália) |
| genitive | κεφαλιού (kefalioú) | κεφαλιών (kefalión) |
| accusative | κεφάλι (kefáli) | κεφάλια (kefália) |
| vocative | κεφάλι (kefáli) | κεφάλια (kefália) |
Synonyms
[edit]- κεφαλή f (kefalí) (formal)
Derived terms
[edit]- κάνω του κεφαλιού μου (káno tou kefalioú mou, “to do whatever one wants”, literally “to do of one's head”)
- κεφάλα f (kefála, “bighead”)
- κεφαλάρι n (kefalári, “headrest, pillow, etc”)
- κεφαλιά f (kefaliá, “header”)
- κεφαλόδεσμος m (kefalódesmos, “headband”)
- κεφαλοκλείδωμα n (kefalokleídoma, “stranglehold”)
- κέφαλος m (kéfalos, “mullet”)
- περικεφαλαία f (perikefalaía, “helmet”)
- πονοκέφαλος m (ponokéfalos, “headache”)
See also
[edit]- μυαλό n (myaló, “mind”)
- μέτωπο n (métopo, “forehead”)
- φρύδι n (frýdi, “eyebrow”)
- πρόσωπο n (prósopo, “face”)
- βλεφαρίδα f (vlefarída, “eyelash”)
- βλέφαρο n (vléfaro, “eyelid”)
- μάγουλο n (mágoulo, “cheek”) (on the face)
References
[edit]- ^ κεφάλι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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