γλέντι

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish eğlenti, with removal of initial vowel and stress placement on -έν- producing a noun-verb pair γλέντι (glénti) / γλεντώ (glentó) that mirrors κυνήγι (kynígi, “hunt, chase”, noun) / κυνηγώ (kynigó, “to hunt, to chase”, verb).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣlen.di/, /ˈɣle.di/
  • Hyphenation: γλέ‧ντι

Noun

γλέντι • (glénti) n (plural γλέντια, diminutive γλεντάκι)

  1. party, carousal, celebration, revelry, shindig, spree (festive social gathering with drinking)

Declension

Declension of γλέντι
singular plural
nominative γλέντι (glénti) γλέντια (gléntia)
genitive γλεντιού (glentioú) γλεντιών (glentión)
accusative γλέντι (glénti) γλέντια (gléntia)
vocative γλέντι (glénti) γλέντια (gléntia)

References

  1. ^ γλέντι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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