αψιθιά

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Byzantine Greek ἀψιθία (apsithía) with synizesis of /ia/ to avoid hiatus, from Koine Greek ἀψινθία f (apsinthía) with assimilation of [nθ] > [θθ] and simplification [θθ] > [θ].[1][2] Also see ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.psiˈθça/
  • Hyphenation: α‧ψι‧θιά

Noun

αψιθιά • (apsithiá) f (plural αψιθιές)

  1. wormwood

Declension

Declension of αψιθιά
singular plural
nominative αψιθιά (apsithiá) αψιθιές (apsithiés)
genitive αψιθιάς (apsithiás) αψιθιών (apsithión)
accusative αψιθιά (apsithiá) αψιθιές (apsithiés)
vocative αψιθιά (apsithiá) αψιθιές (apsithiés)
  • αγριαψιθιά f (agriapsithiá, “wormwood”)
  • άψινθος (ápsinthos)
  • αψέντι n (apsénti, “absinthe”)

References

  1. ^ αψιθιά, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ s.v. άψινθος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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