μάρτυρας
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μᾰ́ρτῠρᾰ (mártura), singular accusative of μάρτυς (mártus).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]μάρτυρας • (mártyras) m or f (plural μάρτυρες)
- witness (the person)
- αυτήκοος μάρτυρας ― aftíkoos mártyras ― eye witness (literally, “ear witness”)
- (religion) martyr
Declension
[edit]Declension of μάρτυρας
Related terms
[edit]- αμαρτύρητος (amartýritos, “unconfirmed”)
- αμάρτυρος (amártyros, “unattested”)
- μαρτυρία f (martyría, “evidence, testimony”)
- μαρτυρικός (martyrikós, “suffering, martyr's”)
- μαρτύριο n (martýrio, “martyrdom, torment”)
- μαρτυρώ (martyró, “to testify, to bear witness, to suffer”) & compounds
Compounds
- εθνομάρτυρας m (ethnomártyras, “ethnomartyr”)
- ιερομάρτυρας m (ieromártyras, “hieromartyr”) (religion)
- μεγαλομάρτυρας m (megalomártyras, “great martyr”) (religion)
- νεομάρτυρας m (neomártyras, “neomartyr”) (religion)
- οσιομάρτυρας m (osiomártyras) (religion)
- πρωτομάρτυρας m (protomártyras, “protomartyr”) (religion)
- ψευδομάρτυρας m (psevdomártyras, “false witness”) (law)
References
[edit]- ^ μάρτυρας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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