γυαλί
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ὕαλος (húalos). Doublet of ύαλος (ýalos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝaˈli/
- Hyphenation: γυα‧λί
Noun
γυαλί • (gyalí) n (plural γυαλιά)
- glass (material)
- shard, glass fragment
- (colloquial, figuratively) television, the box
- (in the plural) glasses, spectacles
- (rare, figuratively) glass for wine
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | γυαλί (gyalí) | γυαλιά (gyaliá) |
| genitive | γυαλιού (gyalioú) | γυαλιών (gyalión) |
| accusative | γυαλί (gyalí) | γυαλιά (gyaliá) |
| vocative | γυαλί (gyalí) | γυαλιά (gyaliá) |
Synonyms
- ύαλος f (ýalos, “glass, glazing”)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- γυάλα f (gyála, “bowl, neonatal incubator”)
- γυαλάκιας m (gyalákias, “four-eyed”)
- γυαλιά n pl (gyaliá, “spectacles, glasses”)
- γυαλιά ηλίου n pl (gyaliá ilíou, “sunglasses”)
- γυαλίζω (gyalízo, “to polish”)
- γυάλινος (gyálinos, “glass, glazed”)
Further reading
- γυαλί, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language