συναίρεση

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Etymology[edit]

From Koine Greek συναίρεσις (sunaíresis), from Ancient Greek συναιρέω (sunairéō), συναιρῶ (sunairô, to draw together, contract), from συν- (sun-, with, together) +‎ ἀϝείρω, ἀείρω, αἴρω (aweírō, aeírō, aírō, to take up, draw; bind, attach), from Proto-Hellenic *aweřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-, equivalent to συναιρώ (synairó) from συν- (syn-) +‎ αίρω (aíro). Or from συν- (sun-, with, together) +‎ αἱρέω (hairéō, take, grasp), from Proto-Hellenic *héřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (to bind, tie together).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /si.ˈne.re.si/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧ναί‧ρε‧ση

Noun[edit]

συναίρεση (synaíresif (plural συναιρέσεις)

  1. (grammar, phonology) contraction, synaeresis of two adjacent vowels or diphthongs within one word, into one
    e.g. of [ao] to [o] as in τραγουδάω (tragoudáo) > τραγουδώ (tragoudó, I sing)

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