αφτί

Greek

Alternative forms

αυτί (aftí) (spelling from alternative etymology)

Etymology

Back-formation from the plural αφτιά (aftiá), extracted from article & noun τ’ αφτιά (t’ aftiá, “the ears”), from Byzantine Greek τά ἀφτία (tá aphtía) (singular τό ἀφτίον (tó aphtíon)), from Koine Greek τά ὠτία (tá ōtía) (singular ὠτίον (ōtíon)), diminutive of Ancient Greek τᾰ̀ ὦτᾰ (tằ ôtă) (singular οὖς (oûs)), through a regular phonological development of

/ta.uˈti.a/ → (*/tavˈti.a/) → /tafˈti.a/ and αφτιά (aftiá) /aˈftça/, singular αφτί (aftí) /aˈfti/.

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

Etymology according to Georgios Hatzidakis, accepted by Babiniotis.^[1] Other linguists^[2] support the spelling αυτί (aftí) from τ’ αυτιά (t’ aftiá) through /tawˈti.a/ - /tafˈti.a/. Similar case is the spelling of αβγό (avgó) or αυγό (avgó, “egg”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈfti/
Hyphenation: α‧φτί
Homophones: αυτή (aftí), αυτοί (aftoí)

Noun

αφτί • (aftí) n (plural αφτιά)

(anatomy) ear

Declension

Declension of **αφτί**
	singular	plural
nominative	αφτί (aftí)	αφτιά (aftiá)
genitive	αφτιού (aftioú)	αφτιών (aftión)
accusative	αφτί (aftí)	αφτιά (aftiá)
vocative	αφτί (aftí)	αφτιά (aftiá)

References

^ αφτί - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
^ αυτί, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language (Etymologies by Evangelos Petrounias)

[1] αφτί - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

[2] αυτί, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language (Etymologies by Evangelos Petrounias)

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