κουτί
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek [Term?], from Ancient Greek κυτίον (kutíon), diminutive of κύτος (kútos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈti/
Noun
κουτί • (koutí) n (plural κουτιά)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κουτί (koutí) | κουτιά (koutiá) |
| genitive | κουτιού (koutioú) | κουτιών (koutión) |
| accusative | κουτί (koutí) | κουτιά (koutiá) |
| vocative | κουτί (koutí) | κουτιά (koutiá) |
Synonyms
- δοχείο n (docheío, “container”)
- κάσα f (kása, “packing case”)
- κασεδάκι n (kasedáki, “small box”)
- κιβώτιο n (kivótio, “case, box”)
- κουτάκι n (koutáki, “little box”)
Related terms
- σπιρτόκουτο n (spirtókouto, “matchbox”)
- του κουτιού (tou koutioú, “unused or immaculately”)
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: قوطی (kutu, kutı), قوتی (kutu, kutı), قوطو (kutu, kutı), قوتو (kutu, kutı)
- Turkish: kutu
- → Albanian: kuti
- → Aromanian: cutíe
- → Bulgarian: кути́я (kutíja)
- → Georgian: ყუთი (q̇uti)
- → Gulf Arabic: قوطي (gūṭi)
- → Macedonian: кутија (kutija)
- → Middle Armenian: ղութի (ġutʻi), ղուդի (ġudi)
- Armenian: ղութի (ġutʻi), խութի (xutʻi), կութի (kutʻi)
- → Persian: قوطی (quti)
- → Romanian: cutie
- → Serbo-Croatian:
References
- κουτί, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
- κουτί on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el