μάτι

See also: mati, Mati, mäti, matí, and māti

Greek

Etymology

From Medieval Greek μάτιν (mátin) which is in turn from the Ancient Greek ὀμμάτιον (ommátion), diminutive of ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmati]
• Hyphenation: μά‧τι

Noun

μάτι • (máti) n (plural μάτια)

1. (anatomy, biology) eye
2. (figuratively) burner (element on a kitchen stove)

Declension

Declension of μάτι

	singular	plural
nominative	μάτι •	μάτια •
genitive	ματιού •	ματιών •
accusative	μάτι •	μάτια •
vocative	μάτι •	μάτια •

Synonyms

• (anatomy): οφθαλμός m (ofthalmós) (medical term)

Coordinate terms

• βλεφαρίδα f (vlefarída, “eyelash”)
• βλέφαρο n (vléfaro, “eyelid”)
• κόπιτσα f (kópitsa, “hook and eye”)

 

Derived terms

• άλλα τα μάτια του λαγού κι άλλα της κουκουβάγιας (álla ta mátia tou lagoú ki álla tis koukouvágias, “apples and oranges”) (literally: the hare's eyes are one and the owl's are another)
• αμάτιαστος (amátiastos, “not casting or affected by the evil eye”)
• έχω τα μάτια μου δεκατέσσερα (écho ta mátia mou dekatéssera, “to keep one's eyes peeled”) (literally: "to have one's eyes fourteen")
• καλύπτρα ματιού f (kalýptra matioú, “eye patch”)
• ματάκι (matáki)
• ματάκιας m (matákias, “peeping Tom”)
• ματάρα (matára)
• μάτια μου (mátia mou, “darling, my dearest”)
• ματιά f (matiá, “look, glance”)
• ματιάζω (matiázo, “to casting the evil eye”)
• μάτιασμα n (mátiasma, “the evil eye”)
• ματόκλαδο n (matóklado, “eyelash”)
• ματοτσίνορο n (matotsínoro, “eyelash”)
• σκιά ματιών f (skiá matión, “eye shadow”)

 

Further reading

• μάτι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el