ξύλο
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon).
Compare Mariupol Greek кси́лу (ksílu).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈksilo/
- Hyphenation: ξύ‧λο
- extinct dialectal: (Old Athenian) IPA(key): /ˈksulo/ written as ξούλο (xoúlo) [1]
Noun
[edit]- wood (material forming the structure of trees)
- stick
- ξύλο κανέλας ― xýlo kanélas ― stick of cinnamon
- (slang) beating, thrashing (physical assault)
- Κάποιος του έδωσε ξύλο.
- Kápoios tou édose xýlo.
- Someone beat him up.
Related terms
[edit]- επί ξύλου κρεμάμενος (epí xýlou kremámenos, “lit:at the cross (of Christ); totally unaided”)
- κάνω τόπι στο ξύλο (káno tópi sto xýlo, “to beat someone up”)
- μαυρίζω στο ξύλο (mavrízo sto xýlo, “to beat someone up”)
- ξυλάκι n (xyláki, “stick”) (diminutive)
- ξυλεία f (xyleía, “timber”)
- ξυλιά (xyliá)
- ξύλο κοπής n (xýlo kopís, “chopping board”)
- ξυλόκαρφο n (xylókarfo, “wooden peg”)
- σπάω στο ξύλο (spáo sto xýlo, “to beat someone up”)
See also
[edit]- δάσος n (dásos, “wood, forest”)
References
[edit]- ^ Pantelidis, Nikos @sarantakos, 2019.02 Μια άγνωστη διάλεκτος της Νέας Ελληνικής: Παλαιά Αθηναϊκή [An unknown dialect of Modern Greek: Old Athenian] (in Greek)
Further reading
[edit]- ξύλο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
ξύλο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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